BlockMarple, Nebraska
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Mirage precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69301. The Survey maps it on the Skunk Lake NW quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1950 USGS Skunk Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Skunk Lake NW quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Marple (historical) between 2011 and 2020, burning about 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 July 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 16 July 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 March 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peters (historical) | 8.8 miles | 8 | |
| Hilton (historical) | 10.7 miles | 10 | |
| Lulu (historical) | 10.9 miles | 10 | |
| Grayson (historical) | 16.6 miles | 11 | |
| Hay Springs | 19.7 miles | 8 | |
| Hoffland | 22.8 miles | 11 | |
| Antioch | 24.2 miles | 11 | |
| Rushville | 26.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1832132. 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.