Weissert, Nebraska
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Westerville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68814. It lies near French Tableland. The Survey maps it on the Westerville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1951 USGS Westerville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Westerville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
984 words on this townshipHistory of Custer County, Nebraska; a Narrative of the Past, with Special Emphasis Upon the Pioneer Period of the County's History, Its Social, Commercial, Educational, Religous, and Civic Developement from the Early Days to the Present Time, published 1919 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Westerville Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Westerville Township - 984 words.
Fires near this place
10 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Weissert between 2008 and 2020, burning about 328 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 May 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 260 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 March 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weissert in 17 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 14 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weissert | $25,000 | A garage was leveled with the roof blown 100 yards to the north. The garage siding was wrapped around trees. The rest of the building was laying on the ground in a pile. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Weissert | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Weissert | $4,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Weissert | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weissert | - | Public estimated wind gusts of 60 MPH at this location. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Weissert | - | Hail covered the ground at this location. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weissert | - | Winds estimated to 52 knots. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Weissert | - | no account filed |
| April 2018 | Hail | Weissert | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Weissert | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Weissert | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Weissert | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Weissert | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Weissert | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Weissert | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Weissert | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Weissert | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elton (historical) | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Westerville | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Round Valley | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| Berwyn | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| Wescott | 10.4 miles | 10 | |
| Broken Bow | 11.3 miles | 12 | |
| Comstock | 12.4 miles | 11 | |
| Sargent | 12.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 834535. 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.




