BlockStory, Nebraska
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bowen precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69346. The Survey maps it on the Story quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Story quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Crawford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Story between 1994 and 2020, burning about 12,028 acres in total. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 10 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | 11,242 acres | Nebraska National Forest | WARBONNET |
| 5 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 370 acres | Nebraska National Forest | 11 NORTH |
| 31 August 2017 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Nebraska National Forest | 959 |
| 25 August 1994 | Natural | 200 acres | Nebraska National Forest | ONG 5 |
| 24 August 1994 | Natural | 20 acres | Nebraska National Forest | ONG 06 SOUTH |
| 15 August 2006 | Natural | 6.7 acres | Nebraska National Forest | WALLEYE |
| 14 August 2017 | Natural | 108 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | HOALLMAN |
| 6 July 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Story in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Story | - | Spotter confirmed tornado on the ground. No reports of damage and no discernible path to adequately apply a proper path, width and rating besides unknown. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Story | - | A spotter 15 miles northwest of Harrison estimated wind gusts of 60 mph. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Story | - | Four to five inch diameter branches were snapped off trees. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Story | - | 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 Story | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18385706 | 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 835684. 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.