BlockVorhees, Nebraska
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Boone precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68620. The Survey maps it on the Albion East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Fremont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Albion East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Stanton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Vorhees between 2010 and 2020, burning about 2,090 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 August 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 31 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 May 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 8.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boone | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Edward | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Albion | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Loretto | 12.9 miles | 10 | |
| Cedar Rapids | 14.8 miles | 11 | |
| Closter | 16.5 miles | 9 | |
| Petersburg | 17.3 miles | 10 | |
| Primrose | 18.6 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122571898 | 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 834407. 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.