BlockVesta, Nebraska
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Vesta precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68450. It stands on Lost Branch. The Survey maps it on the Vesta quadrangle. It stands 1,230 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1955 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Vesta quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Beatrice quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Vesta between 2010 and 2011, burning about 17 acres in total. 1 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 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 24 March 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 November 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vesta in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 3 hail, 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Flood | Vesta | $1,000,000 | Rainfall of 2 to 6 inches in a few hours time caused flooding along Sampson Creek and Turkey Creek which washed out 3 bridges and caused county road damage southwest of Tecumseh. Damage in Johnson county to roads and bridges was estimated at 1 million dollars. The flooding continued into Pawnee county. The flood waters also affected agricultural lowlands. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Vesta | - | Law enforcement report relayed via emergency manager of hail measured up to 1 inch in diameter near Tecumseh, NE. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vesta | - | The observer reported that wind driven hail of unknown size caused extensive crop damage in the area. The corn had been blown over and there was also tree damage in the area as well. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Vesta | - | no account filed |
| September 2008 | Hail | Vesta | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crab Orchard | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Saint Mary | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Sterling | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Tecumseh | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Helena (historical) | 11.0 miles | 13 | |
| Elk Creek | 12.0 miles | 10 | |
| Graf (historical) | 12.7 miles | 10 | |
| Cook | 14.0 miles | 13 |
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 Vesta | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18358858 | 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 834377. 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.