BlockGrayson, Nebraska
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1989. It stands in South Sheridan precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69351. The Survey maps it on the Smith Lake quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1948 USGS Twin Lakes quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Twin Lakes quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Smith Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Grayson (historical) between 2008 and 2019, burning about 1,560 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 75 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2008 | Natural | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2012 | Natural | 125 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 2012 | Natural | 300 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 16 July 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 150 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 June 2019 | Natural | 50 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 March 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 850 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilton (historical) | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Peters (historical) | 11.5 miles | 8 | |
| Lulu (historical) | 12.7 miles | 10 | |
| Marple (historical) | 16.6 miles | 10 | |
| Rushville | 17.9 miles | 8 | |
| Jennings (historical) | 19.0 miles | 11 | |
| Hay Springs | 20.8 miles | 8 | |
| Clinton | 21.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1832155. 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.