Walworth, Nebraska

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Lillian Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68874. The Survey maps it on the Walworth quadrangle.

Walworth within Custer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

1951 USGS Walworth quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1956 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Burwell quadrangle1:100000
1994 USGS Burwell quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

3 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Walworth between 2018 and 2019, burning about 27 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	2
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
18 April 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
11 April 2018	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
13 February 2019	Debris and open burning	12 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Walworth: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
	Gates Sand and Gravel Pit and Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Custer 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
Gates	3.2 miles	11
Lillian	5.6 miles	11
Cummings Park (historical)	5.8 miles	11
West Union (historical)	6.3 miles	12
Round Valley	6.6 miles	11
Milburn	9.4 miles	11
New Helena	9.6 miles	11
Sargent	11.0 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835474. 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.