BlockAbdal, Nebraska
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Nelson precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68978. The Survey maps it on the Superior quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1898 USGS Superior quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Superior quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Red Cloud quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Abdal (historical) between 2007 and 2015, burning about 23 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2013 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 June 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 June 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smyrna | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Bostwick | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Cadams | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Nelson | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Clare | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Superior | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Nora | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Saint Stephens | 11.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1882649. 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.