Vroman, Nebraska

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Brady precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69138. It lies near Wild Horse Valley. The Survey maps it on the Jeffrey Reservoir NE quadrangle.

Vroman within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1902 USGS Gothenburg quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1954 USGS McCook quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS McCook quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS McCook quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1970 USGS Jeffrey Reservoir NE quadrangle1:24000
1979 USGS Gothenburg quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Vroman between 2012 and 2015, burning about 180 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	3

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 March 2015	Debris and open burning	150 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
17 March 2012	Debris and open burning	25 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
1 February 2012	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Brady	7.0 miles	9
Maxwell	16.1 miles	13
Keith	18.4 miles	13
Bignell	19.9 miles	13
Beck	26.0 miles	14
Sioux View Park	28.4 miles	14
North Platte	29.0 miles	14
Wellfleet	29.1 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835473. 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.