Somerset, Nebraska

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Medicine precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69170. The Survey maps it on the Somerset quadrangle.

Somerset within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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.

1954 USGS McCook quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:24000
1957 USGS McCook quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS McCook quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1979 USGS Gothenburg quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Somerset between 2008 and 2012, burning about 137 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
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Natural	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
24 June 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	22 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
30 May 2012	Natural	25 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
15 March 2008	Railroad operations and maintenance	20 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
16 February 2008	Railroad operations and maintenance	70 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Dickens

Every fire recorded in Lincoln 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Dickens	7.0 miles	8
Wellfleet	8.6 miles	9
Wallace	16.1 miles	7
Key Estates	21.1 miles	14
Bignell	21.1 miles	13
North Platte	21.2 miles	14
Sioux View Park	21.5 miles	14
Village Square	21.9 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835449. 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.