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Alfalfa Center, Nebraska

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Precinct 26. It lies in ZIP code area 68845. It stands on Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alfalfa Center quadrangle.

Alfalfa Center within Buffalo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

73 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Alfalfa Center between 2007 and 2020, burning about 101 acres in total. 3 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 burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use18
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural3
Smoking2
Fireworks2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2012Fireworksunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Buffalo County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Alfalfa Center: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Broadfoot PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cook Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Johnson Sand and Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Buffalo County

Storms near this place

1 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alfalfa Center in 1 storm report in 2008: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Alfalfa Center$25,000This tornado started in northeast Phelps County and crossed into Buffalo County. The twister skipped across southern parts of Buffalo County south of the city of Kearney. A billboard sign near the interstate was damaged and irrigation pipe was tossed about. Some trees and power poles were also damaged.

Every storm recorded in Buffalo County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
R-Villa Courts3.4 miles20
Odessa4.2 miles16
Kearney5.2 miles20
Prairie View Estates5.2 miles20
Riverdale6.4 miles15
Glenwood Park6.4 miles20
Amherst7.1 miles16
Buda9.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835226. 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.