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Haig, Nebraska

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Mitchell precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69357. The Survey maps it on the Mitchell quadrangle. It stands 3,927 feet above sea level.

Haig within Scotts Bluff County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

156 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Haig between 1993 and 2020, burning about 580 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 3 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
Debris and open burning74
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Fireworks11
Smoking9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2011Debris and open burning4.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
15 September 1993Smokingunder an acreScotts Bluff National MonumentBIKE TRAIL
14 September 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scotts Bluff County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Haig: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Riverview Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Scotts Bluff County

Storms near this place

11 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Haig in 11 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHaig-Mesonet site 4 WNW of Terrytown reported a wind gust of 69mph.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindHaig-Spotter recorded 62 MPH wind gust on personal weather station. Strong winds blew down flag pole. Pea to half inch hail size was also occurring at the time.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHaig-Numerous reports of snapped power poles and large trees down 3 miles W of Scottsbluff. Winds estimated at 80+ MPH.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHaig-A Davis weather station 4 miles NW of Scottsbluff measured a wind gust to 104 MPH.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindHaig-Observer reported that large diameter trees were knocked over by winds.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindHaig-A standalone outbuilding was blown by the thunderstorm winds into the middle of South Mitchell Road just north of Highway 92.
June 2016Flash FloodHaig-The canyons west of Scotts Bluff Monument were running full and Highway 92 was underwater in several places. Flood waters swept a truck off County Road 17 and Highway 92. The stranded driver was rescued. Three to four feet of water was flowing down County Road 17, which washed out the road. Flash flooding closed Old Oregon Trail west of Scottsbluff.
July 2015Flash FloodHaig-County Road 13 was flooded with two to three feet of water west of Scottsbluff. Several other roads near the Mitchell and Gering canals were flooded. Highway 92 was flooded at two locations with swift flowing water six to eight inches deep. County Road L between County Road 16 and Rifle Site Road was covered by fast moving water. South Mitchell Road flooded from just south of Mitchell to Highway 92.
June 2013HailHaig-Marble to quarter size hail was reported west of Scottsbluff.
June 2013HailHaig-Dime to quarter size hail was reported south of Mitchell.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Haig-Brief tornado reported over open country.

Every storm recorded in Scotts Bluff County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Costin1.8 miles14
Covert2.6 miles14
Heldt2.9 miles14
Hubbard Corner2.9 miles14
Jane3.2 miles14
South Mitchell3.6 miles14
Pelton4.9 miles14
Mitchell4.9 miles14

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 HaigAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18152583The 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 829745. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.