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Buccaneer Bay, Nebraska

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Plattsmouth precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68048. It stands on Fourmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Plattsmouth quadrangle.

Buccaneer Bay within Cass County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

99 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Buccaneer Bay between 2008 and 2020, burning about 108 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Debris and open burning29
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
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
8 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
14 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Buccaneer Bay: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Amick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
La Platt Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Cass 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
Oreapolis2.0 miles14
Cullom3.6 miles18
Plattsmouth4.8 miles14
Mynard5.7 miles15
Cedar Creek7.7 miles18
Beaver Lake9.5 miles15
Murray9.6 miles15
Rock Bluff (historical)10.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2830955. 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.