BlockHavens, Nebraska
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Silver Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68628. The Survey maps it on the Silver Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Stromsburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Silver Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS David City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
255 words on this townshipA History of Merrick County, Nebraska: From "the Beginning" to 1895, published 1898 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Silver Creek Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Silver Creek Township - 255 words.
Fires near this place
10 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Havens between 2009 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 June 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 May 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 April 2014 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 April 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 March 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 December 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Havens in 1 storm report in 2003: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2003 | Hail | Havens | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarks | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Silver Creek | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Heber | 16.0 miles | 14 | |
| Riverside Park | 16.6 miles | 14 | |
| Central City | 16.9 miles | 14 | |
| Hord | 18.6 miles | 14 | |
| Paddock | 20.8 miles | 14 | |
| Archer | 21.6 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.
| Wikipedia article on Havens | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18152796 | 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 829862. 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.