Rocky Ford, Nebraska

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Norden precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69220. It stands on Coleman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Muleshoe Creek quadrangle.

Rocky Ford within Keya Paha County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

1950 USGS Norden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1952 USGS Norden quadrangle1:62500
1957 USGS Valentine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Valentine quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Muleshoe Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Valentine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

6 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Rocky Ford between 1994 and 2013, burning about 324 acres in total. 5 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
Natural	5
Debris and open burning	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 August 1994	Natural	under an acre	Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge	SPARKS
2 August 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge	DUMP
13 August 2012	Natural	2.7 acres	Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge	SOKOL
13 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge	STANS LANDING
30 July 2013	Natural	under an acre	Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge	STANS LANDING
8 March 1999	Natural	320 acres	Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge	JOHNSTOWN

Every fire recorded in Keya Paha 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Norden	4.9 miles	10
Meadville	17.0 miles	10
Springview	21.5 miles	9
Burton	30.3 miles	9
Riverview	30.8 miles	11
Carns (historical)	36.2 miles	11
Mills	38.4 miles	9
Brocksburg	44.1 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1812063. 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.