BlockBeaver Lake, Nebraska
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1993. It stands in East Rock Bluff precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68048. The Survey maps it on the Murray quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1935 USGS Nehawka quadrangle1:48000
- 1935 USGS Nehawka quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Nehawka quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Murray quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Beaver Lake between 2008 and 2020, burning about 266 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 May 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 14 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Beaver Lake: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Rock Construction | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beaver Lake in 2 storm reports in 1995: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1995 | Hail | Beaver Lake | - | A small section of Cass County received significant crop damage due to hail. Marble to golf ball-size hail completely destroyed 500 to 1,000 acres of corn and soybeans, and partially destroyed another 1,000 acres. The Buccaneer Bay golf course received $10,000 damage to its greens and there was considerable damage to area roofs. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Beaver Lake | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Bluff (historical) | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Murray | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Kanosha (historical) | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Mynard | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Todd | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Plattsmouth | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Lake Waconda | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Union | 8.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2830953. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.