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Rock Bluff, Nebraska

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1993. It stands in East Rock Bluff precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68048. It sits by Rock Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Rock Bluff quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Rock Bluff within Cass County

On record in Rock Bluff

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

23 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Rock Bluff (historical) between 2008 and 2020, burning about 265 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 burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
1 September 2013Smokingunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
12 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesGLENWOOD FIRE DEPARTMENT
5 May 2019Naturalunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 April 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
6 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
3 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Rock Bluff (historical): 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bartlett PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
United Rock ConstructionSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bartlett QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Old Bartlett QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cass County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Beaver Lake1.6 miles15
Kanosha (historical)3.0 miles15
Murray4.2 miles15
Mynard4.8 miles15
Todd5.2 miles15
Plattsmouth5.9 miles14
Lake Waconda5.9 miles15
Union8.8 miles13

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 Rock Bluff (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7354289The 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 1897804. 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.