BlockMarsland, Nebraska
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Precinct 07. It lies in ZIP code area 69339. The Survey maps it on the Marsland quadrangle. It stands 4,160 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1951 USGS Marsland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Marsland quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hemingford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Marsland between 2007 and 2020, burning about 368 acres in total. 14 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 | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 August 2007 | Natural | 15 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 2007 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marsland in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 6 hail, 2 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Hail | Marsland | $6,000 | A storm produced golf ball size hail in Marsland. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Marsland | $1,000 | Golfball and larger. Broke windows on the north side of house. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Marsland | - | Half dollar sized hail reported 3 miles northwest of Marsland. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Marsland | - | NWS damage survey team confirmed baseball sized hail at a ranch residence. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2020 | Tornado (EF2) | Marsland | - | NWS damage survey confirmed EF-2 Tornado that developed 5.8 miles east of Marsland and traveled west-northwest for 3.4 miles. Several large hardwood tree trunks/branches snapped. Trees uprooted, center pivot point mangled and three steel power poles were destroyed. |
| July 2020 | Tornado (EF2) | Marsland | - | Tree damage, center pivot damage and three steel utility poles down. A NWS storm survey determined a 3.4 mile path beginning 5.8 miles east of Marsland Nebraska, ending 2.8 miles east-northeast of Marsland. |
| September 2014 | Heavy Rain | Marsland | - | A spotter measured 3.24 inches of rain. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Marsland | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Marsland | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Pine Ridge | 9.8 miles | 11 | |
| Crawford | 17.6 miles | 8 | |
| Horn | 23.3 miles | 8 | |
| Whitney | 23.5 miles | 8 | |
| Dakota Junction | 30.7 miles | 9 | |
| Chadron | 31.0 miles | 8 | |
| Bordeaux | 34.1 miles | 8 |
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 Marsland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6773972 | 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 831064. 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.