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Camden, Nebraska

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Precinct P. It lies in ZIP code area 68423. The Survey maps it on the Crete North quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Camden within Seward County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

16 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Camden (historical) between 2008 and 2020, burning about 106 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
Debris and open burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5

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
4 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
1 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 May 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
18 May 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
9 April 2010Debris and open burning35 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
6 April 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
22 April 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
9 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Seward 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
Grover5.4 miles15
Milford5.4 miles15
Riverside Park6.2 miles15
Pleasant Dale6.7 miles15
Ruby9.5 miles15
Goehner14.7 miles15
Seward14.8 miles14
Beaver Crossing16.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1881797. 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.