Walthill, Nebraska
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Omaha Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68067. It stands on Cow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Walthill quadrangle. 682 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,217 feet above sea level.
On record in Walthill
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Dr. Susan Picotte Memorial HospitalNational Historic Landmark · listed 1988
Susan La Flesche Picotte Houselisted 2009
Population over time
2 figuresWalthill fell from 780 to 682 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 780 | |
| 2020 | 682 | -98 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1955 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Walthill quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Walthill quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Sioux City South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
119 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Walthill between 1996 and 2020, burning about 3,907 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 24 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
| Fireworks | 17 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Winnebago Agency | BIA 378 |
| 19 September 2002 | Smoking | 45 acres | Winnebago Agency | A1302113 |
| 18 September 2002 | Smoking | 9.0 acres | Winnebago Agency | A1302112 |
| 1 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 2002 | Fireworks | 3.0 acres | Winnebago Agency | A1302103 |
| 7 July 2002 | Fireworks | 9.0 acres | Winnebago Agency | A1302102 |
| 5 July 2002 | Fireworks | 9.0 acres | Winnebago Agency | A1302101 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
21 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Walthill in 21 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2000 | Flash Flood | Walthill | $400,000 | Four to 8 inches of rain which fell from Sunday morning into the early afternoon hours caused flooding of several roads...mainly in eastern Thurston county. At least 1 road was partially washed out near Walthill, and more than 65 bridges and road culverts were damaged by the storm. The Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Thurston County Road Department estimated that the flooding caused around $400,000 worth of damage. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walthill | - | Emergency management report of straight line winds gusting at 60-65 mph. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walthill | - | Emergency manager reported a large tree down from wind. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Walthill | - | A home along South Omaha Creek near Walthill was flooded. The gauge on South Omaha Creek reached a preliminary value of 24.61 feet. Flood totals for the county are included in the entry for Logan Creek Flooding. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walthill | - | The emergency manager estimated winds of 60 mph occurring. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Walthill | - | This short lived tornado developed just northwest of the town of Walthill and moved southeast. The tornado impacted 1 farmstead along the short path. Here the tornado removed part of the roof of the home, destroyed out buildings, and uprooted trees. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walthill | - | Some minor damage was done to a home. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walthill | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at over 60 mph downed power poles and power lines in the area. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walthill | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at close to 70 mph downed numerous trees which downed power lines in the Walthill area. At least one tree fell on a car causing substantial damage. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Walthill | - | Hail up to penny-size was reported along with very heavy rain which caused some minor street flooding in town. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walthill | - | Trees were downed by thunderstorm winds estimated at least at 60 mph in the Walthill area. The storm was accompanied by very heavy rain. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walthill | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph kicked up a lot of dust producing a possible gustnado near Highways 77 and 94. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walthill | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph downed at least 1 tree in town. |
| October 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walthill | - | The public estimated that thunderstorm wind gusts hit 60 mph northeast of Walthill. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walthill | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 70 mph caused extensive blowing dust and blew several trees and power lines down. One large tree limb fell on a house. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Walthill | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Walthill | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Walthill | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Walthill | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Walthill | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Walthill | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Walthill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2268284 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 834465. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





