BlockSanborn, Nebraska
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Haigler precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69030. The Survey maps it on the Laird quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Laird quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Wray quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Sanborn in 2017, burning under an acre in total. None 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wray Volunteer Fire Department (Yuma County Fire Protection District) | UNKNOWN |
| 30 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wray Volunteer Fire Department (Yuma County Fire Protection District) | UNKNOWN |
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Sanborn: 5 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sanborn in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 5 hail, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Sanborn | $100,000 | Multiple roads across the flooded part of the county were washed out. Notable road closures include Highway 34 closed from Benkelman to Highway 385 at Wray, River Road closed from Parks to Doane, and Avenue 328 closed due to four feet of water over the road. The flood waters also washed out part of the railroad between Parks and Haigler, stranding the train in Haigler. The Republican River at Benkelman reached a peak height of almost nine and a half feet. The record stage height is just over 13 feet.||Total damage for this event (both flash flood and flood) totaled between $100,000 and $108,000. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Sanborn | - | Ping pong to golf ball sized hail measured at Hwy 34 and Rd 312. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sanborn | - | Spotter reported uprooted trees and some building damage. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Sanborn | - | Penny and nickel sized hail with accumulations several inches deep. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Sanborn | - | The hailstones ranged from pea to penny in size. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Sanborn | - | Nickel size hail covered the ground. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Sanborn | - | 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.
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 Sanborn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18354548 | 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 835441. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.