BlockThatcher, Nebraska
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Valentine precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69201. The Survey maps it on the Thatcher quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1950 USGS Sparks quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Valentine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Valentine quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Thatcher quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Valentine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Thatcher between 1992 and 2017, burning about 25 acres in total. 11 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 | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge | JEEP |
| 20 September 2010 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 1993 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge | TAYLOR |
| 28 August 1995 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Nebraska National Forest | DANIELS |
| 28 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge | FTN 39 |
| 10 August 2006 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge | TAYLOR |
| 9 July 2017 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 July 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835691. 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.