BlockArizona, Nebraska
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Arizona Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68061. The Survey maps it on the Tekamah quadrangle. It stands 1,030 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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
- 1970 USGS Tekamah quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Blair quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Arizona between 2006 and 2017, burning about 84 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
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 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 January 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 January 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arizona in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2016: 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Arizona | - | The tornado initially touched down in Burt county Nebraska about 4.5 miles west of Little Sioux Iowa. Center pivot irrigation systems were flipped and trees sustained damage in the area. Fallen tree limbs damaged homes and blocked roads and some roof damage and broken windows were noted. The storm tracked northeast and crossed the Missouri River and Interstate 29 near mile marker 97, continuing into Harrison county Iowa. The total path length was around 14 miles and it eventually achieved EF3 strength when it hit a boyscout camp in Monona county Iowa where 4 fatalities and 48 injuries occurred. |
| September 2016 | Hail | Arizona | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside (historical) | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Tekamah | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Craig | 12.4 miles | 9 | |
| Bertha | 12.4 miles | 8 | |
| Decatur | 14.7 miles | 9 | |
| Argo (historical) | 17.6 miles | 8 | |
| Oakland | 17.7 miles | 8 | |
| Basford (historical) | 18.0 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 Arizona | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17985598 | 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 835237. 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.