Kanosha, Nebraska

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1993. It stands in East Rock Bluff precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68048. It stands on Kenosha Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rock Bluff quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Kanosha within Cass County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1935 USGS Nehawka quadrangle1:48000
1935 USGS Nehawka quadrangle1:62500
1940 USGS Nehawka quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1955 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Rock Bluff quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:100000
1993 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

7 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Kanosha (historical) between 2014 and 2019, burning about 251 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
Debris and open burning	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Natural	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
5 May 2019	Natural	under an acre	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
4 March 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	200 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
30 March 2014	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
13 March 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
28 February 2016	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
13 February 2016	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
19 October 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	43 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Kanosha (historical): 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Bartlett Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
United Rock Construction	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Becker Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Old Bartlett Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Cass County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Rock Bluff (historical)	3.0 miles	15
Lake Waconda	3.0 miles	15
Beaver Lake	3.2 miles	15
Todd	4.0 miles	15
Murray	4.4 miles	15
Union	6.1 miles	13
Mynard	7.0 miles	15
Nehawka	8.2 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1897817. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.