BlockCrowell, Nebraska
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pebble Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68057. It stands on Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Scribner quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Scribner quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Blair quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Crowell between 2002 and 2018, burning about 74 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 June 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 June 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 June 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 May 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crowell in 10 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 6 flood, 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Flood | Crowell | $200,000 | Rainfall of at least 3 to 5 inches fell over much of the upper Elkhorn River basin in the week ending 7am 6/12, including 1 to 2 inch 24 hour amounts ending 7am the 12th. This caused record or near record flooding along the Elkhorn River from around Clearwater and Neligh downstream to the Elkhorn's confluence with the Platte River. The flooding was prolonged by additional rains the week after 6/12. In Dodge county many gravel roads along the Elkhorn were flooded as was Highway 91 near Nickerson which suffered damage. Highway 275 near Scribner was closed for around week, at first because a temporary dike is used there when the river gets above 18 feet and then because water started flowing across the road. Scribner itself was spared from most of the flooding because of the dike. Highways 77 and 30 north and east of Fremont were also closed for a while because of flood waters. Flood waters washed a car off a county road near Winslow, although the occupants escaped unharmed. Farm fields along the Elkhorn River were flooded and farm houses along it were surrounded by flood waters and a few sustained flood damage, as did some cabins. The river near Hooper reached a little over 18.5 feet on 6/18, flood stage is 14 feet, and the record stage is around 19 feet. Logan Creek near Uehling also experienced some flooding, especially on 6/12 and 6/13, cresting nearly a foot above its 18 feet flood stage early on 6/13. Water along Logan Creek flooded the Uehling Park and surrounding fields and county roads. Emergency management said there was at least $100,000 in damage to public roads alone in Dodge and Washington counties. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Crowell | $15,000 | Heavy rain of 2 inches or more in an hour or so produced flash flooding along Pebble Creek and its tributaries which brought 2 to 3 feet of water across the Junction of Highways 91 and 275 northwest of Scribner. The rain had fallen on saturated soils due to rains earlier in the week and flooding persisted for an extended period due to additional rains after the 10th. |
| February 2011 | Flood | Crowell | $1,000 | Ice jam flooding was observed along the Elkhorn River from around the West Point area downstream to around Crowell. Although the flooding was confined mostly to agricultural lowlands along the river, the flood waters did cross Highway 275 near Crowell prompting its closure for around a week. The main ice jam was 1 mile upstream to 2 miles downstream of the Highway 32 bridge near West Point. The jam caused the Elkhorn River at West Point to reach a crest a little over 14 feet on Feb. 22nd, flood stage is 12 feet. |
| August 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Crowell | - | Emergency manager relayed report from the public of a tornado. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Crowell | - | Water was covering the intersection of Highway 275 and Highway 91. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Crowell | - | Local law enforcement reported that Highways 275 and 91 were closed due to flooding. Nebraska department of roads camera network showed extensive flooding in the area. |
| February 2009 | Flood | Crowell | - | An ice jam downstream of West Point caused flooding along the Elkhorn River near and downstream of West Point. The flooding caused the closure of Highway 275 from the Jct of Highway 91 to the Dodge county line. The flooding also crossed a county road near Scribner and flooded a few farm fields around Crowell. Damage was minimal. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Crowell | - | Flood waters from the Elkhorn River due to several ice jams closed Highway 275 near Crowell for a few days and also flooded agricultural lowlands and a few county roads near Crowell and also around Hooper and Winslow. |
| February 2007 | Flood | Crowell | - | A large ice jam on the Elkhorn River caused extensive flooding of lowland farmland near the Crowell area that lasted for around a week in late February. The flooding also closed Highway 275 near Crowell along with several county roads in the area. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Crowell | - | no account filed |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Crowell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17986742 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 828491. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.