BlockPrecept, Nebraska
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hollinger precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68977. It stands on Maple Creek. The Survey maps it on the Precept quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 Arapahoe quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1898 USGS Arapahoe quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Precept quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Holdrege quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Precept in 2009, burning about 1 acre 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Precept in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2011: 3 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2011 | Hail | Precept | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Precept | - | Most of the tornadic path crossed over rural areas, with the main damage noted to trees. However, one farmstead was struck and received significant damage. Several metal buildings of various sizes sustained major damage or were destroyed. Three round grain bins were blown away. A large propane tank was blown approximately 40 yards to the northeast, and a four wheeler ended up 100 yards from its original position. A semi trailer was moved, while several farm implements suffered damage. Quite a bit of tin from the buildings was noted downwind, with some of it being lofted into the trees of a shelter belt, about a half mile east northeast of the farmstead. The house had broken windows and some siding was torn off. Significant tree damage was also evident at the farm. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Precept | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Precept | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollinger | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Beaver City | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Deerfield Corner | 9.6 miles | 14 | |
| Hendley | 13.3 miles | 14 | |
| Oxford | 13.5 miles | 13 | |
| Edison | 14.6 miles | 14 | |
| Arapahoe | 18.6 miles | 14 | |
| Wilsonville | 20.1 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Precept | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17560901 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835421. 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.