BlockOrella, Nebraska
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 69367. The Survey maps it on the Orella quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1955 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Orella quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Crawford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
24 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Orella between 1994 and 2020, burning about 951 acres in total. 10 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 | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | 127 acres | Nebraska National Forest | SUGARLOAF |
| 27 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 230 acres | Nebraska National Forest | HAYSTACK |
| 8 August 1998 | Natural | 100 acres | Nebraska National Forest | ENDLESS BLACK |
| 3 August 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Nebraska National Forest | TWIN BUTTES |
| 13 August 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Nebraska National Forest | SUGARLOAF |
| 11 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska National Forest | BOARDGATE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orella in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Hail | Orella | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835633. 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.
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.