BlockNevens, Nebraska
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Paxton precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69155. It stands on Lake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nevens quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1898 USGS Paxton quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Paxton quadrangle1:125000, 4 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
- 1971 USGS Nevens quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ogallala quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Nevens between 2007 and 2019, burning about 89 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2008 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 July 2017 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 June 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835389. 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.