BlockDuff, Nebraska
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Pewaukee precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68714. The Survey maps it on the Rose quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 O'Neill quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS O'Neill quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS O'Neill quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Rose quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Rose quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS O'Neill quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
7 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Duff between 2004 and 2015, burning about 303 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | John W and Louise Seier National Wildlife Refuge | SEIER |
| 3 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 April 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 October 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 January 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 150 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835292. 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.