BlockSpelts, Nebraska
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Springdale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68862. It stands on Elm Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ord SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 11 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 Ord SE quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Ord quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Spelts between 2012 and 2020, burning about 171 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 May 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 24 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 December 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 150 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 November 2014 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spelts in 1 storm report in 2007: 1 hail. 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 2007 | Hail | Spelts | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saunders | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Sumter | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Olean | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Ord | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| North Loup | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Vinton (historical) | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| Elyria | 10.2 miles | 10 | |
| Geranium (historical) | 15.1 miles | 11 |
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 Q122557141 | 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 835454. 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.