BlockBasford, Nebraska
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Logan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68038. The Survey maps it on the Macy quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
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 Sioux City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Macy quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Sioux City South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
38 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Basford (historical) between 2002 and 2020, burning about 1,766 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 were 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 | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 April 2002 | Smoking | 40 acres | Winnebago Agency | A1302015 |
| 7 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Winnebago Agency | A1302016 |
| 7 April 2002 | Smoking | 11 acres | Winnebago Agency | A1302027 |
| 6 April 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 7.0 acres | Winnebago Agency | 13-15 |
| 6 April 2002 | Smoking | 9.0 acres | Winnebago Agency | A1302026 |
| 6 April 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Winnebago Agency | A1302014 |
| 6 April 2002 | Smoking | 21 acres | Winnebago Agency | A1302053 |
| 5 April 2002 | Fireworks | 11 acres | Winnebago Agency | A1302029 |
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.
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 Basford (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17985755 | 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 1892961. 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.