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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1948 USGS Whitman quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Whitman quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Valentine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Valentine quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Mullen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Whitman quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2012Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 31 July 2020 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 June 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 April 2012 | Natural | 40 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 April 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 61 shownRegional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Tornado (EF3) | Whitman | 1 hurt | Emergency 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 2004 | Hail | Whitman | $8,000 | The large hail broke windows in homes. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Whitman | $5,000 | Quarter to half dollar size hail lasted 10 minutes. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Whitman | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Whitman | $3,000 | Quarter to half dollar size hail lasted about 10 minutes. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Whitman | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Whitman | - | Report via social media. Time estimated from radar. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitman | - | Mesonet reported a 64 MPH wind gust at this location. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitman | - | A measured thunderstorm wind gust of 79 MPH reported at this location. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitman | - | Thunderstorm wind gust. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitman | - | Estimated 60 mph wind gust with trees bending over and small limbs broken off. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Whitman | - | In addition to quarter sized hail, 50 MPH winds were reported. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitman | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph located 2 miles east of Whitman. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitman | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph located 3 miles east of Whitman. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitman | - | Wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph as thunderstorms passed. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitman | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. A gas grill and lawn furniture were blown over. |
| April 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Whitman | - | A funnel cloud was spotted looking southeast of Whitman. The parent storm that was producing the funnel cloud was also rotating. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Whitman | - | The hail lasted for 5 to 10 minutes. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Whitman | - | Hail accumulated to a depth of 5 inches. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitman | - | 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 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitman | - | Strong thunderstorm winds destroyed a 40- by 60-foot pole barn. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Whitman | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Whitman | - | 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 Whitman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7996597 | 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 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.





