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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.

Weissert within Custer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

In the county-history sources

984 words on this township

History 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 2008

Regional 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 burning6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
29 May 2012Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
19 April 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
10 April 2014Debris and open burning260 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
8 March 2020Debris and open burning3.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 March 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
2 March 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
19 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Storms near this place

17 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2010Thunderstorm WindWeissert$25,000A 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 2000HailWeissert$10,000no account filed
September 2001HailWeissert$4,000no account filed
September 2001HailWeissert$2,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindWeissert-Public estimated wind gusts of 60 MPH at this location.
April 2018HailWeissert-Hail covered the ground at this location.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWeissert-Winds estimated to 52 knots.
July 2025HailWeissert-no account filed
April 2018HailWeissert-no account filed
August 2014HailWeissert-no account filed
June 2014HailWeissert-no account filed
May 2013HailWeissert-no account filed
June 2011HailWeissert-no account filed
June 2010HailWeissert-no account filed
June 2008HailWeissert-no account filed
June 2002HailWeissert-no account filed
April 1997HailWeissert-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Custer County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Elton (historical)3.0 miles11
Westerville5.9 miles11
Round Valley8.1 miles11
Berwyn8.6 miles11
Wescott10.4 miles10
Broken Bow11.3 miles12
Comstock12.4 miles11
Sargent12.6 miles11

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.