BlockKelso, Nebraska
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1988. It stands in Mullen precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69152. The Survey maps it on the Seneca SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1948 USGS Seneca quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Seneca quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Valentine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Valentine quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Goose Creek quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Seneca SW quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Kelso between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,145 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 | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 July 2012 | Natural | 35 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 April 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 March 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,900 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mullen | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Heil School (historical) | 16.5 miles | 10 | |
| Weir | 23.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835346. 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.