Keith, Nebraska
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Maxwell precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69151. The Survey maps it on the Maxwell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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 North Platte quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Maxwell quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Keith between 2009 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. 2 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 | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 July 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 June 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 May 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 14 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
20 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keith in 20 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 11 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 | Keith | $100,000 | Fire department reports window damage to several buildings in northeastern Lincoln and southern Logan County. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keith | $25,000 | Shed destroyed. The bottom plate was nailed down, but the studs looked partially rotted. |
| October 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keith | $25,000 | A wood frame machine shed was destroyed. Door facing the wind was open. |
| July 2015 | Flood | Keith | $15,000 | Several roads on Garfield Table in northeastern Lincoln County are flooded. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keith | $3,000 | Fire department reported electrical transmission lines down over Garfield Table Road. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keith | - | A weather station measured a 68 mph wind gust. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keith | - | KLBF measured an 87 mph wind gust. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keith | - | No damage reported. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keith | - | No damage reported. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keith | - | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Keith | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Keith | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Keith | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Keith | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Keith | - | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Hail | Keith | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Keith | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Keith | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Keith | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Keith | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maxwell | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Bignell | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Beck | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| Sioux View Park | 10.2 miles | 14 | |
| North Platte | 10.9 miles | 14 | |
| Brady | 11.4 miles | 9 | |
| Key Estates | 12.3 miles | 14 | |
| Village Square | 13.1 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835345. 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.







