BlockRackett, Nebraska
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Blue Creek precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69147. The Survey maps it on the Rackett quadrangle. It stands 3,779 feet above sea level.
On record in Rackett
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.
Rackett Grange Hall # 318listed 2001 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1949 USGS Rackett quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Rackett quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Crescent Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Rackett quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Rackett between 1993 and 2019, burning about 25,796 acres in total. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 1995 | Natural | 40 acres | Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge | EWILDHORSE |
| 31 August 1995 | Natural | 600 acres | Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge | FERRAL |
| 31 August 1995 | Natural | 40 acres | Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge | NWILDHORSE |
| 20 August 2000 | Natural | 350 acres | Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge | RACKETT |
| 2 August 2012 | Natural | 19,000 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | TURNER TATANKA |
| 9 July 2004 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge | EAST ENTRANCE |
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 Rackett | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7279793 | 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 832433. 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.