BlockNebraska, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Campbell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47223. The Survey maps it on the Holton quadrangle. It stands 853 feet above sea level.
On record in Nebraska
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
- Edward's Ford Bridgelisted 1996
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Holton quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Greensburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Nebraska between 2003 and 2016, burning about 816 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 280 acres | Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge | K ROAD FIRE |
| 26 June 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge | RANGE 4 FIRE |
| 2 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge | RANGE FIRE |
| 7 March 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge | RANGE 1 FIRE |
| 6 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge | SUNDAY RANGE FIRE |
| 22 March 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge | RANGE 2 FIRE |
| 28 February 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge | BOMBFIELD ROAD FIRE |
| 20 November 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge | RANGE 7 FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Nebraska: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fluorite Occurrence Number 1 | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| Fluorite Occurrence Number 1 | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nebraska in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 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 2017 | Flood | Nebraska | $7,000 | State Road 50 was closed at the Jennings and Ripley County line due to heavy rainfall. A semi-truck was stuck in high water. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butlerville | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Zenas | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Oakdale | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| San Jacinto | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Brewersville | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| Grayford | 9.2 miles | 10 | |
| North Vernon | 9.6 miles | 10 | |
| Vernon | 9.6 miles | 10 |
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 Nebraska | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14688672 | 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 439964. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.