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Linscott, Nebraska

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Dunning precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68833. The Survey maps it on the Linscott quadrangle.

Linscott within Blaine 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

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Linscott between 2011 and 2012, burning about 58 acres in total. 2 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
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 August 2011Natural7.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
30 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
30 June 2012Natural50 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Blaine 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
Dunning7.6 miles11
Blaine Center (historical)14.5 miles11
Brewster15.7 miles11
Purdum25.7 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835364. 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.