BlockPoint of Rocks, Nebraska
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Potter precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69156. The Survey maps it on the Point of Rocks quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1954 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Point Of Rocks quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Kimball quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
47 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Point of Rocks between 2007 and 2020, burning about 1,490 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2012 | Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potter | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Brownson | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Ordville (historical) | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Vernon | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Huntsman | 14.4 miles | 11 | |
| Lorenzo | 14.7 miles | 8 | |
| Sidney | 15.0 miles | 11 | |
| Gurley | 16.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835417. 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.