Paplin, Nebraska

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Dannevirke precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68817. The Survey maps it on the Cotesfield quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Paplin within Howard County

On record in Paplin

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.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church and Cemeterylisted 2020 · 0.1 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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.

1899 USGS Loup quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1953 USGS Cotesfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1956 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

10 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Paplin (historical) between 2007 and 2020, burning about 256 acres in total. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Debris and open burning	4

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
2 August 2014	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
2 April 2007	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
12 April 2011	Debris and open burning	60 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
19 February 2014	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
14 November 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
7 October 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
5 October 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
5 October 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	162 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Dannevirke	3.3 miles	12
Farwell	7.3 miles	12
Cotesfield	7.7 miles	12
Elba	9.0 miles	11
Midway	10.5 miles	12
Nysted	12.0 miles	12
Boelus	14.3 miles	12
Dannebrog	15.1 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1874848. 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.