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Rumsey, Nebraska

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Bellevue Second II precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68133. It stands on Behm Creek. The Survey maps it on the Omaha South quadrangle.

Rumsey within Sarpy County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

116 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Rumsey between 2011 and 2020, burning about 57 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined56
Debris and open burning15
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Fireworks10
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
8 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2020Smokingunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sarpy County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rumsey in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2013: 2 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2013HailRumsey-Numerous reports of large hail were reported from trained spotter, the public, and law enforcement in the Bellevue area. Many of the reports were along 36th street to the north and south of Highway 370. The majority of the hail reports were 1 to 1.50 inches in diameter, but hail as large as 1.75 inches was also reported.
May 2008HailRumsey-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sarpy 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
Gilmore2.2 miles15
Capehart2.4 miles15
Papillion2.6 miles18
Gilmore Junction3.1 miles15
La Vista3.2 miles18
Fort Crook3.8 miles15
Avery3.9 miles15
Fairview (historical)4.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 832770. 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.