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La Platte, Nebraska

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in LaPlatte I precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68123. The Survey maps it on the Plattsmouth quadrangle. 50 people lived here at the 2020 count.

La Platte within Sarpy County

Population over time

2 figures

La Platte fell from 114 to 50 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010114
202050-64 (-56%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

112 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of La Platte between 2008 and 2020, burning about 624 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined56
Debris and open burning27
Equipment and vehicle use8
Fireworks5
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2012Fireworks1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sarpy County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of La Platte: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Amick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
La Platt Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Sarpy County

Storms near this place

7 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Platte in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2022Thunderstorm WindLa Platte-Emergency manager reported 1 shed destroyed, another with a damaged roof, and a trailed tipped.
March 2019FloodLa Platte-Evacuations are beginning at Hansons Lake.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindLa Platte-Intense wind damage was reported near the intersection of 63rd St and the Platte River, in the vicinity of the Maha Scout Camp were numerous trees were uprooted or snapped. Some sheds were blown down in the same area.
October 2017Heavy RainLa Platte-This is a 36 hour rainfall report.
June 1998Flash FloodLa Platte-Water over Highway 75 Platte River bridge 2-3 feet deep.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindLa Platte-Large tree limbs blown down.
April 2005HailLa Platte-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sarpy County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Fort Crook3.5 miles15
Paradise Park3.6 miles14
Capehart3.9 miles15
Bellevue4.6 miles15
Gilmore5.0 miles15
Gilmore Junction5.2 miles15
Avery6.1 miles15
Rumsey6.2 miles15

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.

Wikipedia article on La PlatteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5964876The 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 830570. 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.

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.