Bucktail, Nebraska
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Arthur precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69121. The Survey maps it on the Bucktail quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1949 USGS Flats quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Flats quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Arthur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Bucktail quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Bucktail between 2015 and 2018, burning about 23,002 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 June 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 March 2015 | Natural | 23,000 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bucktail in 14 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 10 hail, 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Hail | Bucktail | - | Hail ranged from dimes to quarters at this location. Time estimated from radar. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bucktail | - | Trained spotter reported a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph at this station. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Bucktail | - | A wide assortment of hail was reported with the largest being baseball size. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Bucktail | - | Hail covered the ground at this location. |
| July 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Bucktail | - | At 1715MST a trained spotter reported a brief tornado about 15 miles southeast of Arthur. No damage was reported. The tornado was rated an EF-0 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bucktail | - | Public reported winds estimated to 60 mph. |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Bucktail | - | An off-duty NWS employee reported a brief tornado touchdown in open rangeland. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Bucktail | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Bucktail | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Bucktail | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Bucktail | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Bucktail | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Bucktail | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Bucktail | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calora | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Lyons Place | 9.5 miles | 12 | |
| Rounds Place | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Lena | 10.1 miles | 12 | |
| Arthur | 13.8 miles | 12 | |
| McKeag | 19.3 miles | 16 | |
| Velma | 27.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 834980. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







