Winnebago, Nebraska
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Winnebago Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68071. It stands on Morgan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Walthill quadrangle. 916 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,165 feet above sea level.
On record in Winnebago
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 1 record
North Omaha Creek Bridgelisted 1992
Population over time
2 figuresWinnebago grew from 774 to 916 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 | 774 | |
| 2020 | 916 | +142 (+18%) |
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
96 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Winnebago between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,739 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2012 | Smoking | 35 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Winnebago Agency | not named |
| 27 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Winnebago Agency | BIA 378 |
| 25 September 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2002 | Smoking | 45 acres | Winnebago Agency | A1302113 |
| 15 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
26 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winnebago in 26 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 16 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 1 flash flood. 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 2011 | Flood | Winnebago | $25,000 | Flooding along the Missouri River gradually worsened over the area during June as record releases from Gavins Point Dam brought widespread flooding along the river. Releases from Gavins Point Dam reached around 160,000 cfs after mid June and the high flows continued through July. In Thurston county the flooding generally began during the first week of the month as the gauge at Sioux City, upstream, and Decatur, downstream, didn't surpass flood stage until around June 6th. River levels at both of those locations reached the moderate category. Flooding in Thurston county was mostly confined to agricultural lowlands, recreation areas and roads near the river, but the flooding did force the evacuation of 12 people near Macy. The flooding persisted into July. |
| August 2011 | Flood | Winnebago | $2,000 | Flooding along the Missouri River continued across the area into August as record releases from Gavins Point Dam due to heavy rain above Sioux City brought widespread flooding along the River. Releases from Gavins Point Dam reached around 160,000 cfs after mid June and the high flows continued through July before decreasing some in early August and even more by the end of the month. The gauge at Sioux City, upstream of the county, and Decatur, downstream, were in a moderate flooding category into early to mid August before falling sharply below flood stage late in the month. Flooding in Thurston county was mostly confined to agricultural lowlands, recreation areas and roads near the river, but the flooding did force the evacuation of 12 people near Macy earlier in the summer. |
| June 2024 | Flood | Winnebago | - | River flooding from upstream excessive rain impacted the region, bringing the Missouri River to moderate flood stage. The Missouri River crested at 37.55 feet at the Decatur gauge at 03:45 CDT on 6/26. Flood stage at this gauge is 35.0 feet. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winnebago | - | The emergency manager reports winds up to 60 mph. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winnebago | - | A trailer home was blown onto its side. A roof was reported blown off a house, and a firework tent was blown over. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winnebago | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 70 mph downed or broke numerous trees in the Winnebago area. |
| August 2011 | Flood | Winnebago | - | Heavy rainfall of several inches in an hour or so produced some flooding across Highway 77 from around Winnebago to Walthill. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Winnebago | - | Rainfall of over an inch in less than 1 hour caused flash flooding of several streets in Winnebago. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Winnebago | - | Hail up to 1 inch in diameter fell for 35 minutes in the Winnebago area. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winnebago | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 65 mph broke several small trees in half. The winds were accompanied by walnut size hail. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Winnebago | - | Hail up to nickel size was accompanied by very heavy rain which reduced the visibility down to zero for a while. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Winnebago | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Winnebago | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Winnebago | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Winnebago | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Winnebago | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Winnebago | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Winnebago | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Winnebago | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Winnebago | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Winnebago | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Winnebago | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Winnebago | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Winnebago | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winnebago | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Winnebago | - | 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 Winnebago | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1912737 | 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 834815. 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.





