BlockRed Willow, Nebraska
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Red Willow precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69034. It stands on Red Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Indianola quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS McCook quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS McCook quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Indianola quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS McCook quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS McCook quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Red Willow between 2007 and 2018, burning about 82 acres in total. 1 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 31 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 16 July 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 June 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Willow in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 5 hail, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Willow | - | Site Timmerman House measures 62 mph wind gust. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Willow | - | Weatherlink site Timmerman House reported the gust. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Willow | - | Weatherlink site Bryans House recorded the wind gust. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Willow | - | Reported via mesonet station NB078. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Red Willow | - | Hailstones were as large as tennis balls. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Red Willow | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Red Willow | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Red Willow | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Red Willow | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835423. 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.