BlockPreston Census Designated Place, Nebraska
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jefferson precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68355. It stands on Berard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Falls City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1915 USGS Falls City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Falls City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Falls City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Preston Census Designated Place between 2002 and 2020, burning about 232 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Horton Agency | LONG SPUR |
| 6 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 100 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preston | 0.0 miles | 12 | |
| Archer (historical) | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Falls City | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Rulo | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Yancton (historical) | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Straussville | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Nohart (historical) | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Arago (historical) | 8.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2831212. 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.