BlockValley City, Nebraska
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 1. It lies in ZIP code area 68840. The Survey maps it on the Gibbon South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Valley City
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Eddie Eugene and Harriet Cotton Carpenter Farmsteadlisted 1993 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1894 USGS Minden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Wood River quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Gibbon South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Valley City (historical) between 2012 and 2020, burning about 104 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 | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 May 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 14 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 April 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 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 1802614. 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.