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Capehart, Nebraska

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Bellevue precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68123. It stands on North Whitted Creek. The Survey maps it on the Omaha South quadrangle.

Capehart within Sarpy 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

120 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Capehart between 2011 and 2020, burning about 71 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined64
Debris and open burning12
Fireworks10
Recreation and ceremony8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2

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
8 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2020Smokingunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sarpy County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Capehart: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Amick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
La Platt Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Sarpy 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
Gilmore1.3 miles15
Fort Crook1.5 miles15
Gilmore Junction2.0 miles15
Rumsey2.4 miles15
Avery3.2 miles15
Paradise Park3.3 miles14
Bellevue3.6 miles15
La Platte3.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 827921. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.