BlockMyrtle, Nebraska
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hall precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69163. The Survey maps it on the Stapleton SE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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 North Platte quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:125000, 3 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
- 1972 USGS Stapleton SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Myrtle (historical) between 2015 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 March 2018 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 December 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 November 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beck | 15.1 miles | 14 | |
| Sioux View Park | 17.2 miles | 14 | |
| Keith | 17.6 miles | 13 | |
| North Platte | 17.6 miles | 14 | |
| Village Square | 17.8 miles | 14 | |
| Key Estates | 18.2 miles | 14 | |
| Maxwell | 18.7 miles | 13 | |
| Bignell | 19.4 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1838471. 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.