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York, Nebraska

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in York City. It lies in ZIP code area 68467. The Survey maps it on the York South quadrangle. 8,066 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,601 feet above sea level.

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York within York County

On record in York

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 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

52 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of York between 2007 and 2017, burning about 35 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use9
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Fireworks3
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
20 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
24 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
6 July 2016Fireworks1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
12 July 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
6 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
30 June 2008Fireworksunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
28 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in York County

Storms near this place

60 of 90 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names York in 90 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 51 hail, 25 thunderstorm wind, 7 heavy rain, 3 funnel cloud. 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
May 1998Thunderstorm WindYork1 hurt, $500,000no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindYork$10,000,000Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. Hail ranged in size from quarters to 2.5 inches in diameter in York. Some tree and canopy damage was reported on the York College campus.
June 2022HailYork$10,000,000Hail ranging in size anywhere from quarters to 2.5 inches in diameter was reported across York and in Waco. The largest stones of 2-2.5 inches in diameter were reported in the city of York. Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH was reported in York. Damage to trees and canopies on the York College campus was reported.
June 2022HailYork$8,000,000Most hail in and around York ranged in size from quarters to ping pong balls. The largest hail, tennis ball size, was reported by a storm chaser on the east side of York.
May 2011HailYork$1,000,000Hail up to 3 inches in diameter fell in York for several minutes. The roof of a city elementary school was totaled by the hail.
April 2005HailYork$1,000,000no account filed
June 2014HailYork$250,000Golfball size hail was covering the ground.
June 2005HailYork$250,000no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindYork$200,000Wind gusts were estimated to be near 75 MPH in the area. Visibility was near-zero due to blowing dust, semi-trucks were tipped over along Interstate 80 in the area.
September 2016HailYork$125,000no account filed
June 2014HailYork$100,000Along with the golf ball size hail, wind gusts were estimated to be 70 mph, blowing down 2 to 4 inch diameter branches at the eastbound I-80 rest area in York County.
May 2011HailYork$100,000no account filed
April 2005Heavy RainYork$100,000no account filed
April 2005Flash FloodYork$100,000no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindYork$100,000no account filed
June 2002HailYork$100,000no account filed
June 2014HailYork$75,000Several reports of quarter to golf ball sized hail were received from around the York area.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindYork$75,000no account filed
June 2009HailYork$60,000Nickel to golf ball size hail was reported.
June 2006LightningYork$50,000no account filed
May 2007HailYork$30,000no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindYork$25,000A wind gust of 82 MPH was measured approximately 1 mile south of the York interchange of Interstate 80.
May 2012HailYork$25,000no account filed
May 2011HailYork$25,000no account filed
May 2005HailYork$25,000no account filed
May 2004HailYork$25,000no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindYork$25,000no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindYork$20,000no account filed
July 2014HailYork$15,000Quarter to half dollar size hail was reported in the area.
July 2014HailYork$15,000This hail was reported just north of Interstate 80.
August 2014Heavy RainYork$15,000The following reports are 24-hour rain totals, with the vast majority of rainfall occurring between 1130 pm and 2 am CDT. Around 1 mile southwest of downtown York, 6.40 inches of rain fell. This was from the NERAIN network. About 1 mile east southeast of York, 4.93 inches of rain was reported from the NERAIN network. About 3 miles north of York, 4.71 inches of rain occurred, reported from a cooperative observer. A total of 4.03 inches of rain fell at the York Airport. In Bradshaw, 3.20 inches of rain was recorded by a cooperative observer.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindYork$15,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindYork$10,000Scattered power outages in York reported by law enforcement.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindYork$10,000Tree limb 12 to 15 inches in diameter blown down.
September 2007Heavy RainYork$10,000About 2 inches of rain fell in the York area in less than 90 minutes.
June 2008HailYork$10,000no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindYork$10,000no account filed
June 2004HailYork$10,000no account filed
June 2001HailYork$10,000no account filed
June 1999HailYork$10,000no account filed
May 2008HailYork$5,000The hail was accompanied by 60 mph winds.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindYork$2,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindYork-A wind gust of 65 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located in York.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindYork-A wind gust of 61 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located four miles west-northwest of York.
June 2019Heavy RainYork-A CoCoRaHS station recorded a rain total of 3.60 inches for the day, with rain ongoing at observation time. Most rain fell early morning of the 26th.
July 2016Heavy RainYork-A total of 3.04 inches was measured since midnight.
July 2016Heavy RainYork-A total of 3.08 inches was measured since midnight.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindYork-Along with the golf ball size hail, wind gusts were estimated to be 70 mph, blowing down 2 to 4 inch diameter branches at the eastbound I-80 rest area in York County.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindYork-Wind gusts between 60 and 70 MPH were reported in York.
August 2014HailYork-This report was received via Facebook.
August 2014HailYork-A few hail stones up to the size of quarters occurred on the north side of York.
July 2011Heavy RainYork-Total rainfall of 3.05 inches fell over the past 24 hours.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindYork-Winds gusted up to 82 mph around York, blowing the roof off of a shed.
April 2023HailYork-no account filed
June 2022HailYork-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindYork-no account filed
June 2019HailYork-no account filed
June 2019HailYork-no account filed
May 2019HailYork-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindYork-no account filed

Every storm recorded in York 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
Knox3.7 miles15
Houston4.3 miles16
Mapps5.3 miles16
Charlestown (historical)6.4 miles15
Waco7.1 miles14
Bradshaw8.3 miles15
McCool Junction8.6 miles15
Thayer8.6 miles14

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 YorkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q656815The 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 834911. 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.