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Whitman, Nebraska

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Whitman precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69366. The Survey maps it on the Whitman quadrangle. It stands 3,602 feet above sea level.

Whitman within Grant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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.

Fires near this place

5 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Whitman between 2012 and 2020, burning about 47 acres in total. 2 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
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
12 August 2014Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
31 July 2020Smoking1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
13 June 2019Natural1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
6 April 2012Natural40 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
13 April 2016Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Storms near this place

60 of 61 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitman in 61 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 46 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
June 2024Tornado (EF3)Whitman1 hurtEmergency manager reported a tornado half mile north of Whitman. The approximate starting point of the tornado was just south of the Cherry County line, several miles north of Whitman. EF-3 damage was observed at a farm house just south of Whitman.
July 2004HailWhitman$8,000The large hail broke windows in homes.
June 2009HailWhitman$5,000Quarter to half dollar size hail lasted 10 minutes.
July 2001HailWhitman$5,000no account filed
June 2009HailWhitman$3,000Quarter to half dollar size hail lasted about 10 minutes.
August 2002HailWhitman$3,000no account filed
July 2024HailWhitman-Report via social media. Time estimated from radar.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindWhitman-Mesonet reported a 64 MPH wind gust at this location.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindWhitman-A measured thunderstorm wind gust of 79 MPH reported at this location.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindWhitman-Thunderstorm wind gust.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindWhitman-Estimated 60 mph wind gust with trees bending over and small limbs broken off.
July 2015HailWhitman-In addition to quarter sized hail, 50 MPH winds were reported.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindWhitman-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph located 2 miles east of Whitman.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindWhitman-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph located 3 miles east of Whitman.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWhitman-Wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph as thunderstorms passed.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWhitman-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. A gas grill and lawn furniture were blown over.
April 2012Funnel CloudWhitman-A funnel cloud was spotted looking southeast of Whitman. The parent storm that was producing the funnel cloud was also rotating.
August 2009HailWhitman-The hail lasted for 5 to 10 minutes.
April 2003HailWhitman-Hail accumulated to a depth of 5 inches.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindWhitman-Thunderstorm winds knocked down a power pole southwest of Whitman. A chimney was blown down northwest of Hyannis. In Hyannis 1.4 inches of rain occurred in 10 minutes.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindWhitman-Strong thunderstorm winds destroyed a 40- by 60-foot pole barn.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWhitman-no account filed
August 2023HailWhitman-no account filed
July 2017HailWhitman-no account filed
June 2016HailWhitman-no account filed
June 2015HailWhitman-no account filed
August 2014HailWhitman-no account filed
June 2012HailWhitman-no account filed
June 2010HailWhitman-no account filed
June 2010HailWhitman-no account filed
May 2009HailWhitman-no account filed
July 2009HailWhitman-no account filed
August 2008HailWhitman-no account filed
June 2008HailWhitman-no account filed
May 2007HailWhitman-no account filed
June 2007HailWhitman-no account filed
June 2005HailWhitman-no account filed
June 2005HailWhitman-no account filed
July 2004HailWhitman-no account filed
May 2003Funnel CloudWhitman-no account filed
August 2003HailWhitman-no account filed
June 2002HailWhitman-no account filed
April 2001HailWhitman-no account filed
June 2001HailWhitman-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindWhitman-no account filed
June 2001HailWhitman-no account filed
June 2001HailWhitman-no account filed
September 2001HailWhitman-no account filed
July 2000HailWhitman-no account filed
June 1999HailWhitman-no account filed
May 1998HailWhitman-no account filed
June 1998HailWhitman-no account filed
June 1998HailWhitman-no account filed
July 1997HailWhitman-no account filed
July 1997HailWhitman-no account filed
July 1996HailWhitman-no account filed
July 1996HailWhitman-no account filed
August 1996HailWhitman-no account filed
August 1996HailWhitman-no account filed
August 1996HailWhitman-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grant 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
Duluth6.2 miles9
Hyannis13.0 miles17
Ashby21.5 miles17

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 WhitmanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7996597The 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 834693. 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.