BlockOrdville, Nebraska
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sidney 4 precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69162. The Survey maps it on the Brownson quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Ordville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Sioux Ordnance Depot Fire & Guard Headquarterslisted 1994 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Brownson quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Kimball quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Ordville (historical) between 2012 and 2020, burning about 1,196 acres in total. 6 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2012 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 2020 | Natural | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 July 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 July 2012 | Smoking | 1.0 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownson | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Huntsman | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Point of Rocks | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Sidney | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Vernon | 9.2 miles | 8 | |
| Gurley | 10.1 miles | 11 | |
| Potter | 11.1 miles | 8 | |
| Lorenzo | 12.0 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1830023. 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.