Poole, Nebraska
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Precinct 16. It lies in ZIP code area 68869. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Poole quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1896 USGS Wood River quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Poole quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
35 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Poole between 2007 and 2018, burning about 84 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Poole in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Hail | Poole | $250,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poole | $70,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poole | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poole | - | A wind gust of 58 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located eight miles south-southwest of Poole. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poole | - | A wind gust of 63 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located eight miles south-southwest of Poole. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Poole | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | Poole | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ravenna | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Sweetwater | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Pleasanton | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Nantasket (historical) | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Prairie Center | 9.5 miles | 16 | |
| Saint Michael | 12.1 miles | 12 | |
| Sartoria | 12.9 miles | 15 | |
| Riverdale | 16.9 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 832314. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





