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Parkview, Nebraska

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Grand Island City. It lies in ZIP code area 68801. The Survey maps it on the Grand Island quadrangle.

Parkview within Hall County

On record in Parkview

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 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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.

In the county-history sources

6,308 words on this township

History of Hall County, Nebraska; a Narrative of the Past with Special Emphasis Upon the Pioneer Period of the County's History, and Chronological Presentation of Its Social, Commercial, Educational, Religious, and Civic Development from the Early Days to the Present Time, and Special Analysis of Its Military and Civil Participation in the Late World War, published 1920 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Grand Island City covers the township.

Read the chapter on Grand Island City - 6,308 words.

Fires near this place

10 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Parkview between 2008 and 2018, burning about 18 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
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4

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
6 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
18 August 2012Debris and open burning3.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
10 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
21 July 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
17 July 2016Debris and open burning4.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
6 December 2017Debris and open burning3.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 November 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hall County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Parkview: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Talc-Soapstone. 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
Grand Island MillTalc-SoapstoneProducer
Grand Island Talc MillTalc-SoapstoneProducer

Every working recorded in Hall 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
Kingwood Estates0.8 miles17
Grand Island1.6 miles17
Kuesters Lake3.1 miles17
Pioneer Estates3.3 miles17
Alda6.8 miles16
Ovina7.3 miles17
Abbott8.7 miles17
Doniphan9.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 831986. 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.