BlockMcKeag, Nebraska
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Arthur precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69121. It sits by Eagle Point. The Survey maps it on the Bear Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1897 USGS Ogallala quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Ogallala quadrangle1:125000, 6 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
- 1971 USGS Bear Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ogallala quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of McKeag between 2007 and 2020, burning about 652 acres in total. 7 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 | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2013 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 2012 | Natural | 300 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 2012 | Natural | 75 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 2020 | Natural | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 July 2008 | Natural | 250 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 June 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 June 2013 | Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur | 9.2 miles | 12 | |
| Lyons Place | 10.8 miles | 12 | |
| Rounds Place | 13.3 miles | 12 | |
| Velma | 15.7 miles | 11 | |
| Bucktail | 19.3 miles | 12 | |
| Calora | 21.2 miles | 12 | |
| Lena | 22.3 miles | 12 |
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 Q122568746 | 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 835376. 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.