BlockLowell, Nebraska
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 1. It lies in ZIP code area 68840. The Survey maps it on the Gibbon South quadrangle.
On record in Lowell
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 1 record
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1894 USGS Minden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Wood River 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 Gibbon South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Lowell between 2013 and 2020, burning about 99 acres in total. None 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 | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 14 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 April 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lowell in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Lowell | $100,000 | This shorter path tornado started east of Lowell in Kearney County and traveled north-northeast across the Platte River into Buffalo County. Damage was sparse, but a few center irrigation pivots and minor tree damage was found. The tornadic circulation likely crossed Interstate 80 about 2.5 miles west of the Shelton interchange. The tornado moved across one farmstead where a garage was completely destroyed. Minor tree damage was also noted. The damage to the garage was the primary basis for the 80 MPH maximum wind speed estimate. The tornado tipped one more pivot before lifting just northeast of the farmstead. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Lowell | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | - | Wind gusts estimated to be near 65 MPH resulted in some minor outbuilding damage approximately six miles northwest of Kenesaw. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Lowell | - | Nickel size hail was reported at El Charman housing development. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| January 2011 | Flood | Lowell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley City (historical) | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Newark | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| Heartwell | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Koller | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| Kearney City (historical) | 10.6 miles | 20 | |
| Minden | 11.6 miles | 12 | |
| Norman | 11.9 miles | 12 | |
| Axtell | 18.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 830936. 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.