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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1897 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Crete North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 2008Regional 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 burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 May 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grover | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Milford | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Riverside Park | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant Dale | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Ruby | 9.5 miles | 15 | |
| Goehner | 14.7 miles | 15 | |
| Seward | 14.8 miles | 14 | |
| Beaver Crossing | 16.0 miles | 14 |
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.





