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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.

Bucktail within Arthur County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

3 since 2015

Regional 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
Natural2
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
13 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
26 June 2016Natural1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
28 March 2015Natural23,000 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Arthur County

Storms near this place

14 since 2004

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2022HailBucktail-Hail ranged from dimes to quarters at this location. Time estimated from radar.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindBucktail-Trained spotter reported a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph at this station.
August 2018HailBucktail-A wide assortment of hail was reported with the largest being baseball size.
March 2016HailBucktail-Hail covered the ground at this location.
July 2016Tornado (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 2013Thunderstorm WindBucktail-Public reported winds estimated to 60 mph.
June 2004Tornado (F0)Bucktail-An off-duty NWS employee reported a brief tornado touchdown in open rangeland.
July 2024HailBucktail-no account filed
July 2024HailBucktail-no account filed
May 2022HailBucktail-no account filed
August 2017HailBucktail-no account filed
August 2017HailBucktail-no account filed
May 2013HailBucktail-no account filed
May 2013HailBucktail-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Arthur 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
Calora5.3 miles12
Lyons Place9.5 miles12
Rounds Place9.6 miles12
Lena10.1 miles12
Arthur13.8 miles12
McKeag19.3 miles16
Velma27.5 miles11

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.