Kuesters Lake, Nebraska
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68801. The Survey maps it on the Grand Island quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1892 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Kuesters Lake between 2004 and 2020, burning about 59 acres in total. None 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 July 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kuesters Lake: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Talc-Soapstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Island Mill | Talc-Soapstone | Producer | ||
| Grand Island Talc Mill | Talc-Soapstone | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Island | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Kingwood Estates | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Parkview | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Pioneer Estates | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Ovina | 9.1 miles | 17 | |
| Alda | 9.8 miles | 16 | |
| Abbott | 10.5 miles | 17 | |
| Doniphan | 11.1 miles | 16 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122543667 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1874080. 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.







