BlockWabash, Nebraska
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Elmwood precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68407. It stands on Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Murdock quadrangle. It stands 1,290 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1903 USGS Weeping Water quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1929 USGS Weeping Water quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Murdock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Wabash between 2002 and 2012, burning about 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 July 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wabash: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeping W Mine & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hopper Bros. Weeping Water Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Weeping Water Mine & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Weeping Water Mine & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wabash in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wabash | - | Public reported tree limbs a small tree down. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Wabash | - | Heavy rain fell across much of Cass county from late afternoon on June 4 into the overnight hours. Over 4 inches was reported around the Weeping Water area, which was likely representative of much of the county. The heavy rains flooded a few county roads around Elmwood and also flooded across Highway 34 near Avoca. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murdock | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Elmwood | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Manley | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Weeping Water | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Alvo | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| South Bend | 8.0 miles | 17 | |
| Louisville | 9.1 miles | 13 | |
| Avoca | 9.6 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 Wabash | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18395929 | 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 834413. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.