BlockFlynn Junction, Nebraska
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Orleans Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68966. The Survey maps it on the Stamford quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1896 USGS Arapahoe quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1898 USGS Arapahoe quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stamford quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Holdrege quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Flynn Junction between 2007 and 2018, burning about 160 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 30 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 June 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 June 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orleans | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Stamford | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Oxford Junction | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Alma | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Mascot | 9.3 miles | 14 | |
| Huntley | 13.0 miles | 13 | |
| Republican City | 15.8 miles | 13 | |
| Ragan | 17.2 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122569562 | 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 835306. 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.