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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1949 USGS Flats quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Flats quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Arthur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Lena quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2007Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 July 2012 | Natural | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 April 2007 | Natural | 15 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 February 2015 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2013Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Hail | Lena | - | Report via social media. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Lena | - | Report via social media. Hail was between a baseball and softball in size. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Lena | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Lena | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Lena | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Lena | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Lena | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Lena | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calora | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Rounds Place | 8.9 miles | 12 | |
| Bucktail | 10.1 miles | 12 | |
| Lyons Place | 11.8 miles | 12 | |
| Arthur | 13.6 miles | 12 | |
| McKeag | 22.3 miles | 16 | |
| Velma | 24.0 miles | 11 |
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.







