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O'Fallons, Nebraska

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hershey precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69143. The Survey maps it on the Hershey West quadrangle.

O'Fallons within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

62 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of O'Fallons between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,292 acres in total. 1 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 burning20
Equipment and vehicle use14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
14 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of O'Fallons: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sutherland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Sutherland2.6 miles14
Coker2.7 miles14
Hershey3.9 miles14
Birdwood10.2 miles13
Village Square14.6 miles14
Key Estates15.3 miles14
North Platte16.7 miles14
Sioux View Park17.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835394. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.