BlockMount Vernon, Nebraska
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Potter precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69162. The Survey maps it on the Easterly Airport quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Easterly Airport quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Kimball quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Mount Vernon between 2014 and 2017, burning about 62 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 | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 March 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 December 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownson | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Point of Rocks | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Lorenzo | 8.1 miles | 8 | |
| Ordville (historical) | 9.2 miles | 8 | |
| Potter | 9.8 miles | 8 | |
| Sidney | 12.0 miles | 11 | |
| Huntsman | 14.3 miles | 11 | |
| Colton | 18.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 837252. 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.