Costin, Nebraska

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Mitchell precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69357. It lies near Nansen Island. The Survey maps it on the Scottsbluff South quadrangle.

Costin within Scotts Bluff County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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 Scotts Bluff quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1954 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Scottsbluff South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

207 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 207 fires within 5 miles of Costin between 1993 and 2020, burning about 616 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 10 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
Debris and open burning	82
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	37
Fireworks	33
Smoking	14
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Arson/incendiarism	10
Natural	7
Power generation/transmission/distribution	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Recreation and ceremony	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	2

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
9 September 2020	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
7 September 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
7 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
5 September 2010	Power generation/transmission/distribution	2.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
4 September 2011	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
19 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
15 September 1993	Smoking	under an acre	Scotts Bluff National Monument	BIKE TRAIL
14 September 2014	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scotts Bluff 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 Costin: 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
	Riverview Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Scottsbluff Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Scotts Bluff 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
Haig	1.8 miles	14
Heldt	2.1 miles	14
Covert	2.4 miles	14
Scottsbluff	3.4 miles	14
Terrytown	3.9 miles	14
Hubbard Corner	4.4 miles	14
Gering	4.6 miles	14
Jane	4.7 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835277. 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.