BlockPrairie Center, Nebraska
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Precinct 20. It lies in ZIP code area 68870. The Survey maps it on the Pleasanton SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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 Kearney quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1955 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Pleasanton SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Kearney 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 Prairie Center between 2008 and 2019, burning about 43 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 | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 July 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 July 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 March 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverdale | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasanton | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Glenwood Park | 7.7 miles | 20 | |
| Poole | 9.5 miles | 13 | |
| Buda | 10.5 miles | 16 | |
| Kearney | 11.1 miles | 20 | |
| Prairie View Estates | 11.1 miles | 20 | |
| R-Villa Courts | 11.4 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835420. 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.