BlockPella, Nebraska
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Panama precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68301. The Survey maps it on the Firth quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1897 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Firth quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Pella (historical) between 2007 and 2019, burning about 180 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 burning | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1898521. 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.