Champion

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Champion

Total population

0

Median home value

$0

Median income

$0

Air quality index

34Good

Elevation3271 m

Land area0.64 km²

Weather55°F · Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Coordinates40.47°, -101.74°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Champion is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in central Chase County, Nebraska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Champion had a population of 115. It has a post office with the ZIP code 69023.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Champion, NE from NOAA NWS API.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Nebraska

• Imperial
  6.4 mi away · pop. 2,210
• Wauneta
  19.7 mi away · pop. 531
• Grant
  25.8 mi away · pop. 1,413
• Parks
  29.5 mi away · pop. 10
• Max
  30.5 mi away · pop. 27
• Benkelman
  31.2 mi away · pop. 905
• Elsie
  32 mi away · pop. 139
• Haigler
  33.3 mi away · pop. 195
• Stratton
  35.1 mi away · pop. 342
• Ogallala
  45.5 mi away · pop. 4,777
• Paxton
  49.5 mi away · pop. 622
• Keystone
  52.4 mi away

Browse all places in Nebraska →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Champion

Dream Like a Champion

John Cook · 2017

University of Nebraska national champions

Tom Vint · 1995

University of Nebraska, 1997 national champions

Mike Babcock · 1998

University of Nebraska 1995 national champions

1996

Champions : Back to Back

Eric Olson · 1996

Sports Illustrated Presents Champions Again! Nebraska 1995 (A Special Collector's Edition No. 8160)

Sports Illustrated Presents the Tom Osborne Era...25 Years of Nebraska Football...1997 Huskers National Champions

Behind every champion--

Keith A. Zimmer · 1996

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Needles, Oglala Lakota, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-09-04 · 198 mi
• Wildfire Rancher fire, Oglala Lakota, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-08-11 · 199 mi
• Wildfire Moonshine, Albany, Wyoming
  Wildfires · 2026-09-07 · 212 mi
• Wildfire Potato Creek, Jackson, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 214 mi
• Wildfire XU Hill, Oglala Lakota, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-08-11 · 221 mi
• Wildfire Cold Springs, Converse, Wyoming
  Wildfires · 2026-08-10 · 248 mi
• Wildfire Sheep Pen, Las Animas, Colorado
  Wildfires · 2026-08-12 · 249 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

heath aster

Symphyotrichum ericoides

Seen 2026-09-10

white mulberry

Morus alba

Seen 2026-08-06

Common Nighthawk

Chordeiles minor

Seen 2026-08-05

Immigrant Pavement Ant

Tetramorium immigrans

Seen 2026-08-05

Flaxflowered Ipomopsis

Ipomopsis longiflora

Seen 2026-08-05

Bractless Blazingstar

Mentzelia nuda

Seen 2026-08-05

Eastern Fox Squirrel

Sciurus niger

Seen 2026-08-05

Common Grackle

Quiscalus quiscula

Seen 2026-07-30

Noble Scoliid Wasp

Scolia nobilitata

Seen 2026-07-28

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).