BlockAdmah, Nebraska
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Township 5. It lies in ZIP code area 68029. The Survey maps it on the Nickerson NW 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
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Nickerson NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Blair quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Admah (historical) between 2009 and 2018, burning about 141 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 14 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 21 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telbasta | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Fontanelle | 9.2 miles | 8 | |
| Herman | 9.6 miles | 8 | |
| Orum | 10.8 miles | 8 | |
| Arlington | 15.2 miles | 15 | |
| Blair | 16.8 miles | 9 | |
| Kennard | 17.0 miles | 14 | |
| Washington | 21.2 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1897665. 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.