BlockLester Junction, Nebraska
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 1. It lies in ZIP code area 68970. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Amboy quadrangle.
On record in Lester Junction
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Starke Round Barnlisted 1972 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1898 USGS Superior quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Amboy quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Red Cloud quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Lester Junction between 2003 and 2020, burning about 73 acres in total. 1 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2019 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 July 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 March 2008 | Smoking | 17 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amboy | 0.4 miles | 11 | |
| Pawnee Village | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Red Cloud | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Cowles | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Guide Rock | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Inavale | 10.9 miles | 15 | |
| Rosemont | 14.5 miles | 11 | |
| Blue Hill | 17.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835360. 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.