BlockLyons Place, Nebraska
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Arthur precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69121. The Survey maps it on the Lightning Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1949 USGS Arthur quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Arthur quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Arthur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Lightning Valley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Lyons Place between 2003 and 2018, burning about 624 acres in total. 6 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 | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 2009 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 2008 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 2009 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 100 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 July 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 June 2008 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 May 2008 | Natural | 1.0 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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122594734 | 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 835369. 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.