Lynn, Nebraska
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1986. It stands in North Camp Clarke precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69331. It lies near Reilly Hill. The Survey maps it on the Camp Lake quadrangle.
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.
- 1896 USGS Browns Creek quadrangle1:125000
- 1899 USGS Browns Creek quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Lynn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Crescent Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Camp Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Lynn between 2017 and 2020, burning about 111 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 July 2017 | Natural | 100 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 June 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lynn in 8 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | - | Sputter reported downed power line due to wind gust. |
| June 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Lynn | - | A storm chaser reported a brief tornado 15 miles N of Broadwater. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Lynn | - | Trained spotter reported quarter to golf ball sized hail. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | - | Estimated wind gusts of 55 to 60 mph were observed 15 miles south of Antioch. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Lynn | - | Quarter size hail was observed northeast of Bridgeport. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | - | Estimated wind gusts of 65 to 70 mph were reported 25 miles east of Angora. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Lynn | - | Quarter size hail was observed 16 miles east-northeast of Lynn. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | - | Estimated wind gusts of 60 mph were observed 12 miles southwest of Miles Lake. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vance | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Angora | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Kemp | 9.3 miles | 14 | |
| Bonner | 9.8 miles | 13 | |
| Northport | 10.1 miles | 14 | |
| Nebraska Boys Ranch | 10.8 miles | 16 | |
| DeGraw | 11.2 miles | 13 | |
| Bridgeport | 11.4 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Lynn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18350926 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835368. 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.






