BlockEmerick, Nebraska
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Emerick precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68752. The Survey maps it on the Emerick quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Fremont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Emerick quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Stanton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Emerick between 2007 and 2017, burning about 105 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 April 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 March 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 March 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 March 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 November 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 November 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalamazoo | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Fairview (historical) | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| Meadow Grove | 8.8 miles | 9 | |
| Battle Creek | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Newman Grove | 10.7 miles | 9 | |
| Tilden | 11.3 miles | 9 | |
| Enola | 14.5 miles | 9 | |
| Madison | 15.8 miles | 9 |
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 Emerick | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18150421 | 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 835300. 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.