BlockLockwood, Nebraska
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Vieregg Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68801. It stands on Warm Slough. The Survey maps it on the Phillips quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1898 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Phillips quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Lockwood between 2007 and 2014, burning about 381 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 May 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapman | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Worms | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Paddock | 12.4 miles | 14 | |
| Archer | 14.7 miles | 13 | |
| Hord | 15.6 miles | 14 | |
| Central City | 16.3 miles | 14 | |
| Riverside Park | 16.8 miles | 14 | |
| Heber | 17.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835365. 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.