BlockSaint Michael, Nebraska
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Precinct 17. It lies in ZIP code area 68869. The Survey maps it on the Boelus quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1899 USGS Loup quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Boelus quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Saint Michael between 2003 and 2017, burning about 68 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 24 June 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 16 March 2009 | Smoking | 40 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 February 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 December 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nantasket (historical) | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Ravenna | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| Poole | 12.1 miles | 13 | |
| Sweetwater | 13.8 miles | 11 | |
| Shelton | 16.9 miles | 14 | |
| Pleasanton | 18.4 miles | 15 | |
| Gibbon | 19.7 miles | 16 | |
| Prairie Center | 19.9 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835439. 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.