BlockKearney City, Nebraska
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 2. It lies in ZIP code area 68847. It stands on Crooked Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kearney quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 20 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.
- 1894 USGS Kearney quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Kearney 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 Kearney quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Kearney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
60 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Kearney City (historical) between 2007 and 2020, burning about 952 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 | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 July 2012 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2012 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 July 2012 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 July 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kearney City (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kearney Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 1873810. 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.