BlockHuskerville, Nebraska
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lincoln City. It lies in ZIP code area 68524. The Survey maps it on the Emerald quadrangle.
On record in Huskerville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Lincoln Army Air Field Regimental Chapellisted 1993 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1897 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Emerald quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Lincoln city. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Crimin.Al Cases
Lincoln and Lancaster County have been remarkably free from brutal murders or complicated crimes, and resultant criminal trials, but there have been a few cases of this type which have attracted a great amount of attention. Perhaps the most notable of the murder cases in thecounty was known as the Sheedy case.
Fires near this place
16 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Huskerville between 2012 and 2020, burning about 40 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2012 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huskerville in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Huskerville | $50,000 | Rainfall of 3 to 7 inches fell across a large portion of Lancaster County. Numerous reports of flash flooding were received, especially in and around the city of Lincoln. There were a large number of flooded streets as well as a few water recuse that took place. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huskerville | - | Personal weather station measured wind gust of 66 mph along the outflow boundary of a thunderstorm. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Huskerville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlawn | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Cushman | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| West Lincoln | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Emerald | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Countryside Estates | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Gaslight Village | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Woodlawn Estates | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Malcolm | 4.9 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122589142 | 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 830218. 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.