BlockAggies Acres, Nebraska
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Kent precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68823. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Taylor SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1952 USGS Taylor SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Burwell quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Burwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Aggies Acres between 2007 and 2020, burning about 154 acres in total. 2 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2012 | Smoking | 85 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2007 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 July 2016 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 June 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 April 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 31 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 March 2013 | Natural | 1.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mikes Meadows | 0.0 miles | 10 | |
| Kent (historical) | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Taylor | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| Almeria | 13.8 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122571434 | 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 1845137. 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.