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Bignell, Nebraska

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Osgood precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69151. It lies near Moran Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Maxwell quadrangle.

Bignell within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

8 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Bignell between 2011 and 2017, burning about 25 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
28 June 2013Equipment and vehicle use10 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
14 June 2011Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
6 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
20 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
14 March 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
22 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
17 November 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln 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
Keith3.1 miles13
Maxwell4.7 miles13
Beck6.8 miles14
Sioux View Park8.6 miles14
North Platte9.2 miles14
Key Estates10.5 miles14
Village Square11.4 miles14
Brady13.2 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835250. 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.