Oconee, Nebraska
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Oconee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68601. The Survey maps it on the Monroe quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1896 USGS Stromsburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS David City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Oconee between 2001 and 2020, burning about 130 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 June 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 June 2010 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Oconee: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Po-2 Oconee Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oconee in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2019: 2 hail, 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | Flood | Oconee | - | Evacuations are beginning in the Lake Oconee area. |
| June 2018 | Flood | Oconee | - | Heavy rainfall caused water to go over the road at Nebraska Highway 22 and 280th Avenue east of Oconee. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oconee | - | The Platte county Emergency Manager estimated thunderstorm wind gusts reached around 60 mph several miles northwest of Columbus. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Oconee | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Oconee | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Platte Center | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Sheldonville | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Duncan | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| College View Park | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Countryview Estates | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Wagners Lake | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Gardiner | 8.1 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Oconee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18356085 | 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 831826. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





