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Lena, Nebraska

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Arthur precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69366. It lies near Baldy Hill. The Survey maps it on the Lena quadrangle.

Lena within Arthur County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

8 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Lena between 2007 and 2018, burning about 141 acres in total. 4 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
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning1

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
1 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2017Natural1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2012Natural2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
29 July 2012Natural10 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
25 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use10 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
23 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
21 April 2007Natural15 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
8 February 2015Debris and open burning100 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Arthur County

Storms near this place

8 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lena in 8 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 8 hail. 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
July 2024HailLena-Report via social media.
July 2024HailLena-Report via social media. Hail was between a baseball and softball in size.
June 2022HailLena-no account filed
August 2017HailLena-no account filed
August 2017HailLena-no account filed
June 2016HailLena-no account filed
May 2016HailLena-no account filed
May 2013HailLena-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Arthur 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
Calora5.0 miles12
Rounds Place8.9 miles12
Bucktail10.1 miles12
Lyons Place11.8 miles12
Arthur13.6 miles12
McKeag22.3 miles16
Velma24.0 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835359. 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.