BlockHelvey, Nebraska
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Washington precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68352. The Survey maps it on the Daykin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Daykin quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fairbury quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Helvey between 2008 and 2020, burning about 199 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 | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 April 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 March 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 24 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 16 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 14 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 136 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Helvey in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Helvey | $250,000 | Heavy rain caused flash flooding that washed out several roads and a bridge near Daykin and also produced runoff from farm fields that flooded across Highway 15 north of Fairbury. Rainfall from the thunderstorms was likely 2 to 4 inches from late afternoon of June 4 into the early morning hours of June 5. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Helvey | - | The office received a public report of quarter sized hail. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Helvey | - | Public reported quarter sized hail and significant crop damage 1 mile northwest of their location. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Helvey | - | Reported 6 miles east of Daykin. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Helvey | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powell | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Bower (historical) | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Hedrix | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Daykin | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Meridian (historical) | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Gladstone | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Fairbury | 9.8 miles | 11 | |
| Jansen | 10.7 miles | 11 |
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 Helvey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18152857 | 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 835322. 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.