BlockNantasket, Nebraska
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Precinct 17. It lies in ZIP code area 68869. The Survey maps it on the Rockville 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
5 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.
- 1899 USGS Loup quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Rockville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
43 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Nantasket (historical) between 2007 and 2018, burning about 244 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ravenna | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Saint Michael | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Poole | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Sweetwater | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Pleasanton | 12.8 miles | 15 | |
| Prairie Center | 15.6 miles | 16 | |
| Shelton | 18.4 miles | 14 | |
| Sartoria | 19.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1875083. 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.