BlockTimber Creek, Nebraska
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in South Branch Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68623. It stands on North Branch Timber Creek. The Survey maps it on the Belgrade NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1899 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Belgrade NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Timber Creek between 2012 and 2015, burning about 6 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Star | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Belgrade | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Fullerton | 13.4 miles | 13 | |
| Merchiston | 17.0 miles | 13 | |
| Krakow | 23.8 miles | 13 | |
| Genoa | 24.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 834112. 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.