BlockBefore

Mynard, Nebraska

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Plattsmouth precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68048. The Survey maps it on the Murray quadrangle.

Mynard within Cass County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

75 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Mynard between 2008 and 2020, burning about 59 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 burning38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
14 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
27 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
24 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2015Fireworksunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2014Fireworksunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
30 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mynard: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
United Rock ConstructionSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cass County

Storms near this place

1 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mynard in 1 storm report in 1998: 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1998Flash FloodMynard-A creek went out of its banks near Mill Road and Church St.. Water flowed over a nearby road to a depth of 8 to 9 inches.

Every storm recorded in Cass County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Plattsmouth3.4 miles14
Beaver Lake3.9 miles15
Murray4.0 miles15
Rock Bluff (historical)4.8 miles15
Oreapolis5.1 miles14
Buccaneer Bay5.7 miles14
Todd6.4 miles15
Kanosha (historical)7.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 831551. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.