BlockAnan, Nebraska
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Glenvil Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68941. The Survey maps it on the Fairfield NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 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
- 1969 USGS Fairfield NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Red Cloud quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Anan between 1994 and 2018, burning about 25 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 April 1994 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District | THEESON |
| 10 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 March 1994 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District | MCMURTREY |
| 27 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 December 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | 19001 |
| 16 October 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 January 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenvil | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Fairfield | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Spring Ranch (historical) | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Clay Center | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Deweese | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| Inland | 9.2 miles | 12 | |
| Harvard | 11.5 miles | 12 | |
| Verona | 13.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835231. 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.