BlockKeene, Nebraska
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1986. It stands in District 3. It lies in ZIP code area 68924. The Survey maps it on the Axtell East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1896 USGS Holdrege quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Axtell East quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Holdrege quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
32 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Keene between 1994 and 2020, burning about 408 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District | PRAIRIE DG |
| 17 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keene in 1 storm report in 2003: 1 hail. 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 2003 | Hail | Keene | $25,000 | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835344. 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.