BlockPeters, Nebraska
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Mirage precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69347. The Survey maps it on the Hay Springs SW 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
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
- 1960 USGS Hay Springs SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Gordon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Peters (historical) between 2008 and 2020, burning about 259 acres in total. 2 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 | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 August 2008 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 16 July 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 16 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 April 2016 | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilton (historical) | 7.6 miles | 10 | |
| Marple (historical) | 8.8 miles | 10 | |
| Grayson (historical) | 11.5 miles | 11 | |
| Hay Springs | 12.6 miles | 8 | |
| Lulu (historical) | 14.2 miles | 10 | |
| Rushville | 17.3 miles | 8 | |
| Clinton | 23.2 miles | 8 | |
| Adaton (historical) | 27.0 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1832136. 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.