BlockSouth Mitchell, Nebraska
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Mitchell precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69357. The Survey maps it on the Mitchell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1898 USGS Scotts Bluff quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
54 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of South Mitchell between 2007 and 2020, burning about 792 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Mitchell in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 4 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Hail | South Mitchell | - | Trained spotter reported half dollar sized hail. |
| June 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | South Mitchell | - | A tornado occurred in open country west of Gering with no damage reported. Confirmed by official NWS Storm Survey. |
| June 2013 | Hail | South Mitchell | - | Dime to quarter size hail was reported just south of Mitchell. |
| August 2024 | Hail | South Mitchell | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | South Mitchell | - | 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.
| Wikidata item Q122539834 | 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 835451. 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.