BlockEldorado, Nebraska
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Eldorado Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68818. The Survey maps it on the Stockham quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1898 USGS York quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1899 USGS York quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Stockham quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS York quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Eldorado between 2008 and 2020, burning about 3 acres in total. None 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 | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 March 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 November 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
4 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eldorado in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 2 hail, 1 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | $150,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH were accompanied by hail up to two inches in diameter. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Eldorado | $150,000 | Hail up to two inches in diameter was accompanied by wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH. |
| August 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Eldorado | $30,000 | A brief tornado continued from Hamilton County. Cedar tree damage occurred as the tornado crossed the county road into Clay County. A pivot was overturned and crop damage occurred into a converging pattern along the tornado path. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Eldorado | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saronville | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Harvard | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Sutton | 9.0 miles | 15 | |
| Verona | 9.1 miles | 15 | |
| Clay Center | 11.7 miles | 12 | |
| Inland | 13.4 miles | 12 | |
| Trumbull | 14.7 miles | 12 | |
| Anan | 18.0 miles | 11 |
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 Eldorado | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18150307 | 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 829041. 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.