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Big Sandy Lake, Nebraska

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Clear Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68003. The Survey maps it on the Wann quadrangle.

Big Sandy Lake within Saunders County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

31 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Big Sandy Lake between 2005 and 2020, burning about 201 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2012Debris and open burning3.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
14 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
14 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
3 August 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
2 August 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saunders County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Wann1.7 miles15
Riverside2.3 miles17
Abel3.9 miles17
Memphis5.6 miles14
Iron Horse5.9 miles17
Ashland6.4 miles17
Yutan8.7 miles17
Mead10.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2572391. 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.