BlockTony, Nebraska
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Highland precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69356. The Survey maps it on the Bayard SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1898 USGS Camp Clarke quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Bayard SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
72 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Tony between 2007 and 2020, burning about 787 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 were 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 | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2014 | Fireworks | 10 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 835466. 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.