BlockAkron, Nebraska
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Dublin-Bonanza precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68620. The Survey maps it on the Akron quadrangle. It stands 2,090 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Akron quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Ord quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Akron between 2011 and 2019, burning about 288 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 April 2019 | Natural | 240 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 April 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 February 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 October 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
13 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Akron in 13 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 6 hail, 2 funnel cloud, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Akron | - | During the evening of July 7th, heavy rainfall moved through central Boone county with rainfall rates of 1.5-3 inches per hour at times with an estimated 3-4 inches of total rainfall. This led to flash flooding with emergency management reporting water over Highway 32 between 320th and 330th. This flash flood also continued into Platte and Madison counties. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Akron | - | Personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 60 mph. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Akron | - | COOP Observed reported 1 inch hail. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Akron | - | Personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 61 mph. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Akron | - | Public submitted photo of ping pong size hail. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Akron | - | Public reported golf ball sized hail. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Akron | - | Highway 91 closed between 281 and 52 due to flooding. |
| May 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Akron | - | A storm spotter spotted a funnel cloud 12 miles west southwest of Petersburg. |
| May 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Akron | - | A fire department reported a funnel cloud 11 miles north northwest of Primrose. |
| May 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Akron | - | The Nebraska State Patrol reported a landspout tornado 8 miles north-northwest of Primrose. |
| October 2017 | Hail | Akron | - | Nickel sized hail was reported by a spotter. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Akron | - | Hail up to 2 inches in diameter fell for at least 7 minutes southwest of Petersburg. The hail was accompanied by wind gusts estimated at 50 mph. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Akron | - | This storm also produced a possible funnel cloud. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primrose | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Loretto | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Petersburg | 11.6 miles | 10 | |
| Albion | 13.1 miles | 10 | |
| Cedar Rapids | 13.5 miles | 11 | |
| Raeville | 14.6 miles | 10 | |
| Boone | 19.0 miles | 9 | |
| Vorhees | 19.8 miles | 9 |
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 Akron | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17985449 | 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 835224. 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.
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.