BlockBarton, Nebraska
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Big Springs precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69122. It lies near Walrath Draw. The Survey maps it on the Barton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1900 USGS Chappell quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Barton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Chappell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Barton between 2008 and 2018, burning about 190 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 July 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 July 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 24 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Springs | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Chappell | 16.2 miles | 11 |
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 Barton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17515131 | 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 835242. 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.