Janise, Nebraska
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Kiowa precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69352. The Survey maps it on the Robb Draw quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1899 USGS Goshen Hole quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Robb Draw quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1990 USGS Robb Draw quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Janise between 2003 and 2018, burning about 51 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 | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 June 2010 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 April 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 October 2003 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Janise in 12 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 8 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Hail | Janise | - | Storm chaser found 2 inch hailstone after the storm. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Janise | - | Also received dime size hail at time of wind gust. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Janise | - | Outbuilding blown apart by thunderstorm winds. Accompanied by pea sized hail. Report received via social media. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Janise | - | Several house windows blown out by hailstones. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Janise | - | Measured 2 inch hail at the intersection of County Road X and County Road 6. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Janise | - | Trained Spotter reported the largest hailstones close to tennis ball sized. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Janise | - | Half-dollar sized hail was reported by the public 9 miles of SE of Lyman via mPING. |
| June 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Janise | - | A brief tornado touchdown occurred over open country west of Gering with no damage reported. Confirmed by official NWS Damage Survey. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Janise | - | Softball sized hail was reported by a trained weather spotter on Robideux Rd SE of Stegall, or approximately 8 miles SE of Lyman. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Janise | - | Report was relayed that water was flowing over the roadway at the intersection of South Morrill Road and Highway 92. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Janise | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Janise | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartman | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Sears | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Stegall | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Caldwell (historical) | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Lyman | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Joyce | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| South Morrill | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Morrill | 8.6 miles | 14 |
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 Q122596257 | 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 835338. 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.




