ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF COUNTIES
RANKED BY CONCENTRATION
(Tornadoes per 1000 sq. miles)
RANKED FROM LARGEST TO
SMALLEST TOTALS
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Listed
in Alphabetical Order
"Area"
is in sq. miles,
"Density"
is # tornadoes per 1000 sq.mile
|
Tornadoes
|
||||
|
County
|
Seat
|
Area
|
1950-00
|
Density
|
|
Adams
|
Hastings
|
563
|
42
|
74.6
|
|
Antelope
|
Neligh
|
857
|
32
|
37.3
|
|
Arthur
|
Arthur
|
715
|
3
|
4.2
|
|
Banner
|
Harrisburg
|
746
|
19
|
25.5
|
|
Blaine
|
Brewster
|
711
|
4
|
5.6
|
|
Boone
|
Albion
|
687
|
19
|
27.7
|
|
Box Butte
|
Alliance
|
1075
|
32
|
29.8
|
|
Boyd
|
Butte
|
540
|
10
|
18.5
|
|
Brown
|
Ainsworth
|
1221
|
21
|
17.2
|
|
Buffalo
|
Kearney
|
968
|
67
|
69.2
|
|
Burt
|
Tekamah
|
493
|
12
|
24.3
|
|
Butler
|
David City
|
584
|
27
|
46.2
|
|
Cass
|
Plattsmouth
|
559
|
26
|
46.5
|
|
Cedar
|
Hartington
|
740
|
17
|
23.0
|
|
Chase
|
Imperial
|
895
|
13
|
14.5
|
|
Cherry
|
Valentine
|
5961
|
55
|
9.2
|
|
Cheyenne
|
Sidney
|
1196
|
44
|
36.8
|
|
Clay
|
Clay Center
|
573
|
32
|
55.8
|
|
Colfax
|
Schuyler
|
413
|
20
|
48.4
|
|
Cuming
|
West Point
|
572
|
22
|
38.5
|
|
Custer
|
Broken Bow
|
2576
|
67
|
26.0
|
|
Dakota
|
Dakota City
|
264
|
6
|
22.7
|
|
Dawes
|
Chadron
|
1396
|
29
|
20.8
|
|
Dawson
|
Lexington
|
1013
|
45
|
44.4
|
|
Deuel
|
Chappell
|
440
|
21
|
47.7
|
|
Dixon
|
Ponca
|
476
|
21
|
44.1
|
|
Dodge
|
Fremont
|
535
|
20
|
37.4
|
|
Douglas
|
Omaha
|
331
|
13
|
39.3
|
|
Dundy
|
Benkelman
|
920
|
18
|
19.6
|
|
Filmore
|
Geneva
|
577
|
26
|
45.1
|
|
Franklin
|
Franklin
|
576
|
22
|
38.2
|
|
Frontier
|
Stockville
|
975
|
21
|
21.5
|
|
Furnas
|
Beaver City
|
718
|
21
|
29.2
|
|
Gage
|
Beatrice
|
855
|
36
|
42.1
|
|
Garden
|
Oshkosh
|
1705
|
15
|
8.8
|
|
Garfield
|
Burwell
|
570
|
10
|
17.5
|
|
Gosper
|
Elwood
|
458
|
14
|
30.6
|
|
Grant
|
Hyannis
|
776
|
13
|
16.8
|
|
Greeley
|
Greeley
|
570
|
14
|
24.6
|
|
Hall
|
Grand Island
|
546
|
68
|
124.5
|
|
Hamilton
|
Aurora
|
544
|
39
|
71.7
|
|
Harlan
|
Alma
|
553
|
15
|
27.1
|
|
Hayes
|
Hayes Center
|
713
|
12
|
16.8
|
|
Hitchcock
|
Trenton
|
710
|
24
|
33.8
|
|
Holt
|
O'Neil
|
2413
|
50
|
20.7
|
|
Hooker
|
Mullen
|
721
|
10
|
13.9
|
|
Howard
|
St. Paul
|
570
|
35
|
61.4
|
|
Jefferson
|
Fairbury
|
573
|
18
|
31.4
|
|
Johnson
|
Tecumseh
|
376
|
14
|
37.2
|
|
Kearney
|
Minden
|
516
|
23
|
44.6
|
|
Keith
|
Ogallala
|
1061
|
30
|
28.3
|
|
Keya Paha
|
Springview
|
773
|
10
|
12.9
|
|
Kimball
|
Kimball
|
952
|
35
|
36.8
|
|
Knox
|
Center
|
1108
|
35
|
31.6
|
|
Lancaster
|
Lincoln
|
839
|
30
|
35.8
|
|
Lincoln
|
North Platte
|
2564
|
62
|
24.2
|
|
Logan
|
Stapleton
|
571
|
13
|
22.8
|
|
Loup
|
Taylor
|
570
|
9
|
15.8
|
|
McPherson
|
Tryon
|
859
|
3
|
3.5
|
|
Madison
|
Madison
|
573
|
37
|
64.6
|
|
Merrick
|
Central City
|
485
|
20
|
41.2
|
|
Morrill
|
Bridgeport
|
1424
|
37
|
26.0
|
|
Nance
|
Fullerton
|
441
|
17
|
38.5
|
|
Nemaha
|
Auburn
|
409
|
14
|
34.2
|
|
Nuckolls
|
Nelson
|
575
|
26
|
45.2
|
|
Otoe
|
Nebraska City
|
616
|
23
|
37.3
|
|
Pawnee
|
Pawnee City
|
432
|
14
|
32.4
|
|
Perkins
|
Grant
|
883
|
27
|
30.6
|
|
Phelps
|
Holdrege
|
540
|
25
|
46.3
|
|
Pierce
|
Pierce
|
574
|
23
|
40.1
|
|
Platte
|
Columbus
|
678
|
25
|
36.9
|
|
Polk
|
Osceola
|
439
|
26
|
59.2
|
|
Red Willow
|
McCook
|
717
|
28
|
39.1
|
|
Richardson
|
Falls City
|
554
|
14
|
25.3
|
|
Rock
|
Bassett
|
1009
|
8
|
7.9
|
|
Saline
|
Wilber
|
575
|
23
|
40.0
|
|
Sarpy
|
Papillion
|
241
|
6
|
24.9
|
|
Saunders
|
Wahoo
|
754
|
29
|
38.5
|
|
Scottsbluff
|
Gering
|
739
|
48
|
65.0
|
|
Seward
|
Seward
|
575
|
27
|
47.0
|
|
Sheridan
|
Rushville
|
2441
|
44
|
18.0
|
|
Sherman
|
Loup City
|
566
|
25
|
44.2
|
|
Sioux
|
Harrison
|
2067
|
16
|
7.7
|
|
Stanton
|
Stanton
|
430
|
19
|
44.2
|
|
Thayer
|
Hebron
|
575
|
37
|
64.3
|
|
Thomas
|
Thedford
|
713
|
8
|
11.2
|
|
Thurston
|
Pender
|
394
|
12
|
30.5
|
|
Valley
|
Ord
|
568
|
26
|
45.8
|
|
Washington
|
Blair
|
391
|
13
|
33.2
|
|
Wayne
|
Wayne
|
444
|
15
|
33.8
|
|
Webster
|
Red Cloud
|
575
|
27
|
47.0
|
|
Wheeler
|
Bartlett
|
575
|
7
|
12.2
|
|
York
|
York
|
576
|
35
|
60.8
|
|
Tornadoes
|
||||
|
County
|
Seat
|
Area
|
1950-00
|
density
|
|
Hall
|
Grand Island
|
546
|
68
|
124.5
|
|
Adams
|
Hastings
|
563
|
42
|
74.6
|
|
Hamilton
|
Aurora
|
544
|
39
|
71.7
|
|
Buffalo
|
Kearney
|
968
|
67
|
69.2
|
|
Scottsbluff
|
Gering
|
739
|
48
|
65.0
|
|
Madison
|
Madison
|
573
|
37
|
64.6
|
|
Thayer
|
Hebron
|
575
|
37
|
64.3
|
|
Howard
|
St. Paul
|
570
|
35
|
61.4
|
|
York
|
York
|
576
|
35
|
60.8
|
|
Polk
|
Osceola
|
439
|
26
|
59.2
|
|
Clay
|
Clay Center
|
573
|
32
|
55.8
|
|
Colfax
|
Schuyler
|
413
|
20
|
48.4
|
|
Deuel
|
Chappell
|
440
|
21
|
47.7
|
|
Webster
|
Red Cloud
|
575
|
27
|
47.0
|
|
Seward
|
Seward
|
575
|
27
|
47.0
|
|
Cass
|
Plattsmouth
|
559
|
26
|
46.5
|
|
Phelps
|
Holdrege
|
540
|
25
|
46.3
|
|
Butler
|
David City
|
584
|
27
|
46.2
|
|
Valley
|
Ord
|
568
|
26
|
45.8
|
|
Nuckolls
|
Nelson
|
575
|
26
|
45.2
|
|
Filmore
|
Geneva
|
577
|
26
|
45.1
|
|
Kearney
|
Minden
|
516
|
23
|
44.6
|
|
Dawson
|
Lexington
|
1013
|
45
|
44.4
|
|
Stanton
|
Stanton
|
430
|
19
|
44.2
|
|
Sherman
|
Loup City
|
566
|
25
|
44.2
|
|
Dixon
|
Ponca
|
476
|
21
|
44.1
|
|
Gage
|
Beatrice
|
855
|
36
|
42.1
|
|
Merrick
|
Central City
|
485
|
20
|
41.2
|
|
Pierce
|
Pierce
|
574
|
23
|
40.1
|
|
Saline
|
Wilber
|
575
|
23
|
40.0
|
|
Douglas
|
Omaha
|
331
|
13
|
39.3
|
|
Red Willow
|
McCook
|
717
|
28
|
39.1
|
|
Nance
|
Fullerton
|
441
|
17
|
38.5
|
|
Cuming
|
West Point
|
572
|
22
|
38.5
|
|
Saunders
|
Wahoo
|
754
|
29
|
38.5
|
|
Franklin
|
Franklin
|
576
|
22
|
38.2
|
|
Dodge
|
Fremont
|
535
|
20
|
37.4
|
|
Antelope
|
Neligh
|
857
|
32
|
37.3
|
|
Otoe
|
Nebraska City
|
616
|
23
|
37.3
|
|
Johnson
|
Tecumseh
|
376
|
14
|
37.2
|
|
Platte
|
Columbus
|
678
|
25
|
36.9
|
|
Cheyenne
|
Sidney
|
1196
|
44
|
36.8
|
|
Kimball
|
Kimball
|
952
|
35
|
36.8
|
|
Lancaster
|
Lincoln
|
839
|
30
|
35.8
|
|
Nemaha
|
Auburn
|
409
|
14
|
34.2
|
|
Hitchcock
|
Trenton
|
710
|
24
|
33.8
|
|
Wayne
|
Wayne
|
444
|
15
|
33.8
|
|
Washington
|
Blair
|
391
|
13
|
33.2
|
|
Pawnee
|
Pawnee City
|
432
|
14
|
32.4
|
|
Knox
|
Center
|
1108
|
35
|
31.6
|
|
Jefferson
|
Fairbury
|
573
|
18
|
31.4
|
|
Perkins
|
Grant
|
883
|
27
|
30.6
|
|
Gosper
|
Elwood
|
458
|
14
|
30.6
|
|
Thurston
|
Pender
|
394
|
12
|
30.5
|
|
Box Butte
|
Alliance
|
1075
|
32
|
29.8
|
|
Furnas
|
Beaver City
|
718
|
21
|
29.2
|
|
Keith
|
Ogallala
|
1061
|
30
|
28.3
|
|
Boone
|
Albion
|
687
|
19
|
27.7
|
|
Harlan
|
Alma
|
553
|
15
|
27.1
|
|
Custer
|
Broken Bow
|
2576
|
67
|
26.0
|
|
Morrill
|
Bridgeport
|
1424
|
37
|
26.0
|
|
Banner
|
Harrisburg
|
746
|
19
|
25.5
|
|
Richardson
|
Falls City
|
554
|
14
|
25.3
|
|
Sarpy
|
Papillion
|
241
|
6
|
24.9
|
|
Greeley
|
Greeley
|
570
|
14
|
24.6
|
|
Burt
|
Tekamah
|
493
|
12
|
24.3
|
|
Lincoln
|
North Platte
|
2564
|
62
|
24.2
|
|
Cedar
|
Hartington
|
740
|
17
|
23.0
|
|
Logan
|
Stapleton
|
571
|
13
|
22.8
|
|
Dakota
|
Dakota City
|
264
|
6
|
22.7
|
|
Frontier
|
Stockville
|
975
|
21
|
21.5
|
|
Dawes
|
Chadron
|
1396
|
29
|
20.8
|
|
Holt
|
O'Neil
|
2413
|
50
|
20.7
|
|
Dundy
|
Benkelman
|
920
|
18
|
19.6
|
|
Boyd
|
Butte
|
540
|
10
|
18.5
|
|
Sheridan
|
Rushville
|
2441
|
44
|
18.0
|
|
Garfield
|
Burwell
|
570
|
10
|
17.5
|
|
Brown
|
Ainsworth
|
1221
|
21
|
17.2
|
|
Hayes
|
Hayes Center
|
713
|
12
|
16.8
|
|
Grant
|
Hyannis
|
776
|
13
|
16.8
|
|
Loup
|
Taylor
|
570
|
9
|
15.8
|
|
Chase
|
Imperial
|
895
|
13
|
14.5
|
|
Hooker
|
Mullen
|
721
|
10
|
13.9
|
|
Keya Paha
|
Springview
|
773
|
10
|
12.9
|
|
Wheeler
|
Bartlett
|
575
|
7
|
12.2
|
|
Thomas
|
Thedford
|
713
|
8
|
11.2
|
|
Cherry
|
Valentine
|
5961
|
55
|
9.2
|
|
Garden
|
Oshkosh
|
1705
|
15
|
8.8
|
|
Rock
|
Bassett
|
1009
|
8
|
7.9
|
|
Sioux
|
Harrison
|
2067
|
16
|
7.7
|
|
Blaine
|
Brewster
|
711
|
4
|
5.6
|
|
Arthur
|
Arthur
|
715
|
3
|
4.2
|
|
McPherson
|
Tryon
|
859
|
3
|
3.5
|
|
Tornadoes
|
||||
|
County
|
Seat
|
Area
|
1950-00
|
density
|
|
Hall
|
Grand Island
|
546
|
68
|
124.5
|
|
Custer
|
Broken Bow
|
2576
|
67
|
26.0
|
|
Buffalo
|
Kearney
|
968
|
67
|
69.2
|
|
Lincoln
|
North Platte
|
2564
|
62
|
24.2
|
|
Cherry
|
Valentine
|
5961
|
55
|
9.2
|
|
Holt
|
O'Neil
|
2413
|
50
|
20.7
|
|
Scottsbluff
|
Gering
|
739
|
48
|
65.0
|
|
Dawson
|
Lexington
|
1013
|
45
|
44.4
|
|
Sheridan
|
Rushville
|
2441
|
44
|
18.0
|
|
Cheyenne
|
Sidney
|
1196
|
44
|
36.8
|
|
Adams
|
Hastings
|
563
|
42
|
74.6
|
|
Hamilton
|
Aurora
|
544
|
39
|
71.7
|
|
Madison
|
Madison
|
573
|
37
|
64.6
|
|
Thayer
|
Hebron
|
575
|
37
|
64.3
|
|
Morrill
|
Bridgeport
|
1424
|
37
|
26.0
|
|
Gage
|
Beatrice
|
855
|
36
|
42.1
|
|
Knox
|
Center
|
1108
|
35
|
31.6
|
|
York
|
York
|
576
|
35
|
60.8
|
|
Howard
|
St. Paul
|
570
|
35
|
61.4
|
|
Kimball
|
Kimball
|
952
|
35
|
36.8
|
|
Antelope
|
Neligh
|
857
|
32
|
37.3
|
|
Clay
|
Clay Center
|
573
|
32
|
55.8
|
|
Box Butte
|
Alliance
|
1075
|
32
|
29.8
|
|
Lancaster
|
Lincoln
|
839
|
30
|
35.8
|
|
Keith
|
Ogallala
|
1061
|
30
|
28.3
|
|
Dawes
|
Chadron
|
1396
|
29
|
20.8
|
|
Saunders
|
Wahoo
|
754
|
29
|
38.5
|
|
Red Willow
|
McCook
|
717
|
28
|
39.1
|
|
Butler
|
David City
|
584
|
27
|
46.2
|
|
Webster
|
Red Cloud
|
575
|
27
|
47.0
|
|
Seward
|
Seward
|
575
|
27
|
47.0
|
|
Perkins
|
Grant
|
883
|
27
|
30.6
|
|
Cass
|
Plattsmouth
|
559
|
26
|
46.5
|
|
Valley
|
Ord
|
568
|
26
|
45.8
|
|
Polk
|
Osceola
|
439
|
26
|
59.2
|
|
Filmore
|
Geneva
|
577
|
26
|
45.1
|
|
Nuckolls
|
Nelson
|
575
|
26
|
45.2
|
|
Phelps
|
Holdrege
|
540
|
25
|
46.3
|
|
Sherman
|
Loup City
|
566
|
25
|
44.2
|
|
Platte
|
Columbus
|
678
|
25
|
36.9
|
|
Hitchcock
|
Trenton
|
710
|
24
|
33.8
|
|
Kearney
|
Minden
|
516
|
23
|
44.6
|
|
Pierce
|
Pierce
|
574
|
23
|
40.1
|
|
Otoe
|
Nebraska City
|
616
|
23
|
37.3
|
|
Saline
|
Wilber
|
575
|
23
|
40.0
|
|
Franklin
|
Franklin
|
576
|
22
|
38.2
|
|
Cuming
|
West Point
|
572
|
22
|
38.5
|
|
Deuel
|
Chappell
|
440
|
21
|
47.7
|
|
Dixon
|
Ponca
|
476
|
21
|
44.1
|
|
Frontier
|
Stockville
|
975
|
21
|
21.5
|
|
Brown
|
Ainsworth
|
1221
|
21
|
17.2
|
|
Furnas
|
Beaver City
|
718
|
21
|
29.2
|
|
Dodge
|
Fremont
|
535
|
20
|
37.4
|
|
Merrick
|
Central City
|
485
|
20
|
41.2
|
|
Colfax
|
Schuyler
|
413
|
20
|
48.4
|
|
Boone
|
Albion
|
687
|
19
|
27.7
|
|
Banner
|
Harrisburg
|
746
|
19
|
25.5
|
|
Stanton
|
Stanton
|
430
|
19
|
44.2
|
|
Jefferson
|
Fairbury
|
573
|
18
|
31.4
|
|
Dundy
|
Benkelman
|
920
|
18
|
19.6
|
|
Nance
|
Fullerton
|
441
|
17
|
38.5
|
|
Cedar
|
Hartington
|
740
|
17
|
23.0
|
|
Sioux
|
Harrison
|
2067
|
16
|
7.7
|
|
Harlan
|
Alma
|
553
|
15
|
27.1
|
|
Wayne
|
Wayne
|
444
|
15
|
33.8
|
|
Garden
|
Oshkosh
|
1705
|
15
|
8.8
|
|
Greeley
|
Greeley
|
570
|
14
|
24.6
|
|
Richardson
|
Falls City
|
554
|
14
|
25.3
|
|
Gosper
|
Elwood
|
458
|
14
|
30.6
|
|
Nemaha
|
Auburn
|
409
|
14
|
34.2
|
|
Johnson
|
Tecumseh
|
376
|
14
|
37.2
|
|
Pawnee
|
Pawnee City
|
432
|
14
|
32.4
|
|
Logan
|
Stapleton
|
571
|
13
|
22.8
|
|
Douglas
|
Omaha
|
331
|
13
|
39.3
|
|
Washington
|
Blair
|
391
|
13
|
33.2
|
|
Chase
|
Imperial
|
895
|
13
|
14.5
|
|
Grant
|
Hyannis
|
776
|
13
|
16.8
|
|
Burt
|
Tekamah
|
493
|
12
|
24.3
|
|
Thurston
|
Pender
|
394
|
12
|
30.5
|
|
Hayes
|
Hayes Center
|
713
|
12
|
16.8
|
|
Garfield
|
Burwell
|
570
|
10
|
17.5
|
|
Hooker
|
Mullen
|
721
|
10
|
13.9
|
|
Keya Paha
|
Springview
|
773
|
10
|
12.9
|
|
Boyd
|
Butte
|
540
|
10
|
18.5
|
|
Loup
|
Taylor
|
570
|
9
|
15.8
|
|
Thomas
|
Thedford
|
713
|
8
|
11.2
|
|
Rock
|
Bassett
|
1009
|
8
|
7.9
|
|
Wheeler
|
Bartlett
|
575
|
7
|
12.2
|
|
Dakota
|
Dakota City
|
264
|
6
|
22.7
|
|
Sarpy
|
Papillion
|
241
|
6
|
24.9
|
|
Blaine
|
Brewster
|
711
|
4
|
5.6
|
|
Arthur
|
Arthur
|
715
|
3
|
4.2
|
|
McPherson
|
Tryon
|
859
|
3
|
3.5
|
UNL
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
High Plains Regional Climate Center