BlockAssumption, Nebraska
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Roseland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68973. The Survey maps it on the Juniata quadrangle. It stands 1,975 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1894 USGS Kenesaw quadrangle1:62500
- 1896 USGS Wood River quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Juniata quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Assumption between 1998 and 2014, burning about 160 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 April 1998 | Smoking | 40 acres | Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District | WESEMAN |
| 3 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 March 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 24 February 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 October 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Assumption in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2013: 2 heavy rain, 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 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Assumption | $50,000 | Tornado touched down near the village of Assumption. Damage was confined to a couple of overturned center pivots, crop damage, and one farmstead sustained broken windows and minor damage to outbuildings. |
| October 2013 | Heavy Rain | Assumption | - | A rainfall total of 5.92 inches occurred. |
| October 2013 | Heavy Rain | Assumption | - | A rainfall total of 4.75 inches occurred. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Assumption | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roseland | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Holstein | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Juniata | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Brickton (historical) | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Ayr Junction | 8.3 miles | 11 | |
| Ingleside | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Ayr | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| Kenesaw | 8.9 miles | 13 |
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 Assumption | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14704805 | 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 827098. 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.