BlockCaldwell, Nebraska
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Kiowa precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69358. The Survey maps it on the Morrill quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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 Scotts Bluff quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Morrill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Caldwell (historical) between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,853 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2014 | Fireworks | 4.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 July 2003 | Natural | 400 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 July 2000 | Natural | 1,000 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 836012. 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.