BlockFreedom, Nebraska
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Knowles precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69042. The Survey maps it on the Freedom quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS McCook quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Freedom quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS McCook quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS McCook quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS McCook quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Freedom between 2013 and 2017, burning about 10 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 | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 June 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 June 2013 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 April 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 January 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
1 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Freedom in 1 storm report in 1993: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1993 | Hail | Freedom | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stockville | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Orafino | 9.0 miles | 7 | |
| Quick | 14.8 miles | 7 | |
| Curtis | 16.2 miles | 8 | |
| Moorefield | 18.4 miles | 11 | |
| Maywood | 20.9 miles | 8 | |
| Eustis | 24.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835307. 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.