BlockSaint Mary, Nebraska
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Helena precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68443. It stands on Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saint Mary quadrangle. It stands 1,155 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS St. Mary quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Beatrice quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Saint Mary between 2011 and 2018, burning about 262 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 | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 24 March 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 16 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 240 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Vesta | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Helena (historical) | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Tecumseh | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Cook | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Crab Orchard | 9.3 miles | 10 | |
| Graf (historical) | 10.0 miles | 10 | |
| Elk Creek | 12.8 miles | 10 |
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 Saint Mary | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18353471 | 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 832971. 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.