R-Villa Courts, Nebraska
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Precinct 11. It lies in ZIP code area 68845. The Survey maps it on the Kearney quadrangle.
On record in R-Villa Courts
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
George W. Frank Houselisted 1973 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 20 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.
- 1894 USGS Kearney quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 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 Kearney quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Kearney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
88 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of R-Villa Courts between 2007 and 2020, burning about 111 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2012 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2012 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of R-Villa Courts: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadfoot Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cook Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Johnson Sand and Gravel Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kearney | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Prairie View Estates | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Alfalfa Center | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Glenwood Park | 3.8 miles | 20 | |
| Riverdale | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Buda | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Odessa | 7.5 miles | 16 | |
| Amherst | 9.5 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122548908 | 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 1875163. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.






