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Mapps, Nebraska

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lockridge precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68467. The Survey maps it on the York North quadrangle.

Mapps within York 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

18 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Mapps between 2006 and 2016, burning about 71 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
24 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
8 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
6 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
30 June 2008Fireworksunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
19 May 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
29 April 2011Debris and open burning10 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
29 April 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
6 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in York 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
Houston4.1 miles16
Benedict4.2 miles13
York5.3 miles15
Thayer6.0 miles14
Waco8.3 miles14
Bradshaw8.5 miles15
Knox9.1 miles15
Charlestown (historical)9.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835370. 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.