Straussville, Nebraska
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ohio precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68355. It stands on Goolsby Branch. The Survey maps it on the Salem quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1915 USGS Falls City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Salem quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Falls City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Straussville between 2003 and 2020, burning about 110 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 | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| 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 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 16 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Straussville in 5 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 3 hail, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | Hail | Straussville | - | Public reported 1 inch hail. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Straussville | - | The public reported many county roads were flooded. Estimated 4 to 5 inches of rain since midnight. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Straussville | - | The public reported water over the banks of streams north of Falls City. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Straussville | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Straussville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falls City | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Archer (historical) | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Verdon | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Salem | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Williamsville (historical) | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Preston Census Designated Place | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Preston | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Barada | 8.2 miles | 12 |
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 Straussville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18385770 | 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 833858. 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.





