BlockBelmont, Nebraska
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lincoln City. It lies in ZIP code area 68521. It stands on Antelope Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lincoln quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1897 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Lincoln city. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Crimin.Al Cases
Lincoln and Lancaster County have been remarkably free from brutal murders or complicated crimes, and resultant criminal trials, but there have been a few cases of this type which have attracted a great amount of attention. Perhaps the most notable of the murder cases in thecounty was known as the Sheedy case.
Fires near this place
14 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Belmont between 2012 and 2018, burning about 21 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 | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2012 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 May 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark IV Estates | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| Countryside Estates | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Gaslight Village | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Woodlawn Estates | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| West Lincoln | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| University Place | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Havelock | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Lincoln | 3.7 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1898492. 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.