BlockHoffland, Nebraska
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1989. It stands in South Sheridan precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69301. The Survey maps it on the Jesse Lake quadrangle. It stands 3,914 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1948 USGS Antioch quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Antioch quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Jesse Lke quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
34 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Hoffland between 2007 and 2020, burning about 1,587 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1,000 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antioch | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Lakeside | 12.4 miles | 11 | |
| Lulu (historical) | 16.9 miles | 10 | |
| Ellsworth | 20.0 miles | 11 | |
| Marple (historical) | 22.8 miles | 10 | |
| Jennings (historical) | 23.2 miles | 11 | |
| Hilton (historical) | 25.3 miles | 10 | |
| Grayson (historical) | 29.3 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 Hoffland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18153035 | 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 835326. 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.