Coker, Nebraska

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sutherland precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69165. The Survey maps it on the Hershey West quadrangle.

Coker within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

1898 USGS Paxton quadrangle1:125000
1901 USGS Paxton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1954 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1956 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Hershey West quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Ogallala quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

34 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Coker between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,638 acres in total. 1 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	12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Natural	1
Smoking	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
27 September 2008	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
2 September 2008	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
25 August 2008	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
25 August 2008	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
23 August 2008	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
28 July 2008	Natural	2.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
9 June 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
5 June 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln 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 Coker: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	N.P.P.D. Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Sutherland Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Sutherland	1.9 miles	14
O'Fallons	2.7 miles	14
Hershey	6.3 miles	14
Birdwood	12.5 miles	13
Village Square	17.0 miles	14
Key Estates	17.7 miles	14
North Platte	19.1 miles	14
Sioux View Park	19.8 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835274. 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.