BlockNebraska Boys Ranch, Nebraska
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Gilchrist precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69301. The Survey maps it on the Rush Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1896 USGS Browns Creek quadrangle1:125000
- 1899 USGS Browns Creek quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Lynn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Crescent Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Rush Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Nebraska Boys Ranch between 2007 and 2019, burning about 202 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 14 August 2007 | Natural | 40 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 July 2014 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 January 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn | 10.8 miles | 16 | |
| Bonner | 11.3 miles | 13 | |
| Angora | 16.8 miles | 13 | |
| Vance | 17.8 miles | 13 | |
| Kemp | 20.1 miles | 14 | |
| Northport | 20.7 miles | 14 | |
| Broadwater | 20.8 miles | 14 | |
| Bridgeport | 22.0 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122598342 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1805228. 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.