BlockHowe, Nebraska
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bedford precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68305. The Survey maps it on the Howe quadrangle. It stands 1,020 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1915 USGS Howe quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Howe quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Falls City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Howe between 2003 and 2015, burning about 453 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 | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.5 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2012 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 June 2008 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 24 May 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 April 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 235 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 April 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Howe in 9 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2023 | Hail | Howe | - | Public reported 2-inch hail. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Howe | - | Trained spotter reported 1.5 inch hail. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Howe | - | Tree limbs down from a brief tornado two miles north of Stella. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Howe | - | Hail up to quarter-size was reported by the Coop Observer near Auburn. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Howe | - | Hail up to nickel size fell for about 15 minutes. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Howe | - | Winds estimated at around 60 mph by the public downed a few small branches in the area. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Howe | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 60 mph caused "heavy damage" to a barn west of Howe. The winds were associated with fast moving and quickly developing thunderstorms developing on the flanking line of stronger thunderstorms to the northeast. The thunderstorms in Nemaha county were brief, but were fed by southwest inflow winds around 50 mph. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Howe | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Howe | - | 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.
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 Howe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18153210 | 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 830173. 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.