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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.

Lynn within Morrill County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

4 since 2017

Regional 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
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 July 2020Naturalunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
3 July 2017Natural100 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
27 June 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution10 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
21 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morrill County

Storms near this place

8 since 2015

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLynn-Sputter reported downed power line due to wind gust.
June 2023Tornado (EFU)Lynn-A storm chaser reported a brief tornado 15 miles N of Broadwater.
June 2022HailLynn-Trained spotter reported quarter to golf ball sized hail.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindLynn-Estimated wind gusts of 55 to 60 mph were observed 15 miles south of Antioch.
July 2017HailLynn-Quarter size hail was observed northeast of Bridgeport.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindLynn-Estimated wind gusts of 65 to 70 mph were reported 25 miles east of Angora.
July 2015HailLynn-Quarter size hail was observed 16 miles east-northeast of Lynn.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindLynn-Estimated wind gusts of 60 mph were observed 12 miles southwest of Miles Lake.

Every storm recorded in Morrill 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
Vance7.4 miles13
Angora8.6 miles13
Kemp9.3 miles14
Bonner9.8 miles13
Northport10.1 miles14
Nebraska Boys Ranch10.8 miles16
DeGraw11.2 miles13
Bridgeport11.4 miles14

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 LynnAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18350926The 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.