BlockMillerton, Nebraska
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68658. The Survey maps it on the Garrison quadrangle.
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.
- 1899 USGS David City quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Garrison quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS David City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Millerton between 2007 and 2020, burning about 26 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 February 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 November 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 November 2007 | Smoking | 15 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Millerton in 1 storm report in 2014: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2014 | Hail | Millerton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garrison | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Rising City | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| David City | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Surprise | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Ulysses | 7.9 miles | 11 | |
| Bellwood | 10.9 miles | 11 | |
| Brainard | 11.2 miles | 11 | |
| Dwight | 12.5 miles | 11 |
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 Millerton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18345023 | 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 831289. 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.