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Oreapolis, Nebraska

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Plattsmouth precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68048. It stands on Fourmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Plattsmouth quadrangle.

Oreapolis within Cass County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

105 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Oreapolis between 2008 and 2020, burning about 627 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Debris and open burning39
Equipment and vehicle use8
Fireworks3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
4 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
14 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
27 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Oreapolis: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
La Platt Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Amick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pacific Junction PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cass County

Storms near this place

8 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oreapolis in 8 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 4 hail, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2019FloodOreapolis$15,000,000This is for flooding along the Missouri River. The river gage at Plattsmouth, operated by the Army Corps of Engineers, peaked at 40.62 feet at 6 am on March 16th. Minor flood stage is 26 feet, moderate flood stage is 32 feet while major flood stage is 35 feet. Preliminary this peak is a record crest. This record flooding caused substantial damages to the water treatment plant for the city of Plattsmouth. Flooding continued into the next month.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindOreapolis-Mesonet measured wind gust of 61 mph.
April 2025HailOreapolis-Public report of hail estimated up to 1 in diameter. Report received via mPING.
June 2024HailOreapolis-The office received a public report of quarter sized hail from mPING.
March 2019FloodOreapolis-Highway 34/75 bridge over the Platte River is closed.
March 2019FloodOreapolis-The Horseshoe Lake community is trapped due to rising water from the Platte River. Water has covered the only road in our out of the area.
May 2011HailOreapolis-Mostly 1/2 inch size but a few 3/4 to 1 inch in diameter hailstones fell in the Bay Hills Golf Course area.
June 2017HailOreapolis-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cass 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
Buccaneer Bay2.0 miles14
Plattsmouth3.1 miles14
Mynard5.1 miles15
Cullom5.6 miles18
Beaver Lake8.5 miles15
Rock Bluff (historical)8.9 miles15
Murray9.1 miles15
Cedar Creek9.6 miles18

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 OreapolisAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18358061The 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 831894. 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.