BlockJosselyn, Nebraska
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Grant precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68850. The Survey maps it on the Overton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1896 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:125000
- 1899 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1955 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Overton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Kearney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
47 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Josselyn between 2005 and 2020, burning about 236 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 31 July 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 July 2008 | Fireworks | under an acre | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835341. 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.