BlockNorway, Nebraska
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Thomas precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69166. The Survey maps it on the Norway quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1948 USGS Thedford quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Thedford quadrangle1:62500, 2 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
- 1985 USGS Dismal River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Norway quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Norway between 2011 and 2019, burning about 15,010 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,895 acres | Valentine National Wildlife Refuge | FINNEY LOOP |
| 26 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 110 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 January 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11,000 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835393. 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.