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Cullom, Nebraska

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Eight Mile Grove precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68048. It stands on Glendale Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cedar Creek quadrangle.

Cullom within Cass County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

51 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Cullom between 2008 and 2020, burning about 33 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
11 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass 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 Cullom: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
La Platt Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Plant #5,CullomSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cass County

Storms near this place

4 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cullom in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCullom-Public reported via mPing: 3-inch tree limbs broken; power poles broken.
May 2020Funnel CloudCullom-Storm chaser reported a funnel cloud near Plattsmouth.
August 2010HailCullom-The hail lasted for 5 minutes and was accompanied by winds of around 40 mph.
May 2016HailCullom-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cass 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
Buccaneer Bay3.6 miles14
Cedar Creek4.2 miles18
Oreapolis5.6 miles14
Mynard7.8 miles15
Plattsmouth8.1 miles14
Louisville8.4 miles13
Murray10.9 miles15
Beaver Lake11.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835281. 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.

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.