BlockKennedy, Nebraska
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Kennedy precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69201. The Survey maps it on the Kennedy quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1950 USGS Kennedy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Valentine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Valentine quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Kennedy quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Valentine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Kennedy between 1992 and 2015, burning about 903 acres in total. 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2000 | Natural | 100 acres | Valentine National Wildlife Refuge | W.BALLARD |
| 8 September 2000 | Natural | 15 acres | Valentine National Wildlife Refuge | BALLARD1 |
| 8 September 2000 | Natural | 60 acres | Valentine National Wildlife Refuge | S.BALLARD |
| 21 September 2010 | Natural | 150 acres | Valentine National Wildlife Refuge | MCLEOD |
| 20 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Natural | 300 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Valentine National Wildlife Refuge | BALLARD |
| 17 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Valentine National Wildlife Refuge | MCLOAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 835348. 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.