BlockHanlon, Nebraska
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Saltillo precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68430. It stands on Hickman Branch. The Survey maps it on the Roca quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1897 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Roca quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
43 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Hanlon between 2001 and 2020, burning about 94 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 24 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 July 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hanlon in 7 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanlon | - | Personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 64 mph. |
| October 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanlon | - | Public reported a 58 mph wind gust. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanlon | - | Public reported several large tree limbs down near Roca. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanlon | - | A tree was uprooted by damaging winds near Roca. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Hanlon | - | Two to three inches of rain caused water to go over the roadway at 40th and Roca Road south of Lincoln. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Hanlon | - | Along Highway 77 south of Lincoln. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Hanlon | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835315. 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.