BlockPiper, Nebraska
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in East Bayard precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69334. The Survey maps it on the Bayard quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1898 USGS Camp Clarke quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Bayard quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
77 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Piper between 2007 and 2020, burning about 2,300 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 48 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 2017 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohler | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Atkins | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Bayard | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Perrin | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| South Bayard | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Moomaw Corner | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Craft | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| DeGraw | 6.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835412. 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.