BlockMinersville, Nebraska
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Otoe precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68410. The Survey maps it on the Julian quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1907 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Julian quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Minersville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 338 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 July 2012 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 May 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2012 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Nebraska City | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Elberon | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| Wyoming | 11.8 miles | 11 | |
| Cio (historical) | 12.5 miles | 13 | |
| Delta (historical) | 12.5 miles | 13 | |
| Lorton | 12.5 miles | 13 | |
| Talmage | 13.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835382. 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.