BlockRokeby, Nebraska
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Yankee Hill precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68523. The Survey maps it on the Roca quadrangle. It stands 1,250 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1897 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Roca quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Rokeby between 2008 and 2019, burning about 92 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 April 2017 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 April 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 April 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rokeby in 13 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 7 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | Rokeby | $50,000 | Portions of Rokeby Road and South 14th Street were closed due to flooding due to heavy rain. |
| July 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Rokeby | - | This tornado touched down along SW 27th street just south of West Rokeby Road and quickly produced EF1 damage as it moved northeast. Extensive tree damage was noted to several acreages along the path to the south of Rokeby Road. A horse boarding facility sustained significant damage where 6 small stable barns were destroyed. The tornado crossed north of Rokeby Road shortly after hitting the horse farm, moving more east, nearly parallel to Rokeby Road for about a mile. During this time, a few acreages sustained significant damage. Half of an outbuilding was completely destroyed as well as a large silo. The tornado continued east of SW 12th Street damaging large trees before lifting just east of South 1st street. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Rokeby | - | Emergency manager reported golf ball sized hail. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rokeby | - | Personal weather station reported a 70 mph wind gust. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Rokeby | - | Water over Highway 77 and Rokeby Road in South Lincoln. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Rokeby | - | The public reported 1 inch hail on West Denton Road. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Rokeby | - | The public reported nickel size hail southwest of Rokeby. |
| June 2018 | Flood | Rokeby | - | Localized flooding occurred over portions of Lincoln due to 2 to 3 inches of rain across the city of thunderstorms. There were reports of flooded roads near 14th and Nebraska Highway 2, 27th Street and Saltillo Road and 48th Street and Cornhusker Highway. A water rescue was reported near 14th Street and Nebraska Highway 2 in South Lincoln. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Rokeby | - | Ping-pong ball size hail caused damage to crops in the south part of Lincoln. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Rokeby | - | Hail to the size of nickels was reported on the south side of Lincoln. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Rokeby | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding across many streets in the Lincoln area. The Lincoln airport recorded a little over 3 inches of rain on 6/11. Flooding across streets was reported along Highway 77 northbound lanes, Rosa Parks Way, the 2400 block of North Ninth Street, 20th Street from Cornhusker to Knox, 48th and Cornhusker Highway, the 600 block of Old Cheney, W Street from 14th to 15th Streets was completely flooded, Havelock Ave. from 70th to 80th Streets, and some flooding was also reported along Haines Branch near Pioneers Park. Other streets were likely flooded. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Rokeby | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Rokeby | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamaica | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Saltillo | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Yankee Hill | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Centerville | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Hanlon | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Martell | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Roca | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Sprague | 6.0 miles | 15 |
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 Rokeby | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18390970 | 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 832666. 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.