BlockHelena, Nebraska
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Helena precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68329. The Survey maps it on the Cook 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 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.
- 1903 USGS Weeping Water quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1929 USGS Weeping Water quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Cook quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Helena (historical) between 2003 and 2020, burning about 22 acres in total. None 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 | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 May 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 March 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 February 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 November 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 October 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 January 2003 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cook | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Mary | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Sterling | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Tecumseh | 9.7 miles | 10 | |
| Graf (historical) | 10.4 miles | 10 | |
| Vesta | 11.0 miles | 10 | |
| Crab Orchard | 14.6 miles | 10 | |
| Elk Creek | 16.1 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1883418. 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.