BlockBlaine, Nebraska
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in West Blue Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68901. The Survey maps it on the Hastings East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1898 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Hastings East quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Hastings East quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Blaine between 2019 and 2020, burning about 6 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/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 February 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 16 November 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingswood Plaza | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Halloran | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Good Samaritan Village | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Countryside Parks | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Hastings | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Level | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Hansen | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Ingleside | 6.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835252. 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.