BlockPrinceton, Nebraska
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Buda precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68404. The Survey maps it on the Cortland quadrangle. 51 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,430 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1897 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cortland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
40 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Princeton between 2000 and 2020, burning about 320 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 | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2007 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 24 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 July 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Princeton in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2015: 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Princeton | $300,000 | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Princeton | - | This tornado continued from Gage County into Lancaster County. The damage along the path of the tornado was generally minor and consisted of outbuildings, large tree branches, and downed power lines. The tornado appeared to reach its maximum intensity along Princeton Road and between 38th and 54th streets. Here several farmsteads were impacted where roof damage to homes was noted, and high-tension power lines were downed. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | Thunderstorm winds reached around 60 mph a little northeast of Hallam. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 70 to 80 mph overturned a truck trailer and flattened several grain bins near Princeton. The winds were probably associated with the supercell that was producing a tornado around this same time just to the south of town. |
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.
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 Princeton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16898837 | 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 832394. 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.