BlockWebster, Nebraska
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ridgeley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68057. The Survey maps it on the Webster quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Webster quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Blair quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Webster between 2007 and 2011, burning about 82 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 May 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 80 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 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
11 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Webster in 11 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 8 hail, 2 flood, 1 flash flood. 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 2010 | Flood | Webster | $2,000 | Rainfall of 2 to 3 inches fell across parts of the Maple Creek basin from late on June 7 through June 8th. This rain fell on saturated soil and caused Maple Creek to flood around the Nickerson area. There the creek reached around 13.3 feet during the evening of June 8, flood stage is 10 feet. The creek was above flood stage near Nickerson from the afternoon of June 8 until the early morning hours of June 9th. The water mainly impacted agricultural lowlands near the creek. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Webster | - | This is for flooding along the Maple Creek. The river gage near Nickerson, operated by the USGS, peaked at 17.78 feet at 8 am on March 14th. Minor flood stage is 11.5 feet, moderate flood stage is 13 feet while major flood stage is 17 feet. Preliminarily this peak is the highest on record. The town of Nickerson experienced major flooding with many homes impacted. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Webster | - | Hail up to penny-size fell for 15 to 20 minutes around 10 miles northwest through north of North Bend. The hail was from the second storm in an hour or so to produce hail 3/4 inch in diameter or larger. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Webster | - | Over 4 inches of rain was reported northwest of North Bend from heavy rain producing thunderstorms that hit the area between about 5 and 10 am CDT. The heavy rain caused considerable field flooding with some of the water flowing over county roads in the area, possibly from Silver Creek. The water also flooded across Highway 79 between County Roads J and K for a while. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Webster | - | Hail up to 1 inch in diameter caused considerable crop damage in a 2 to 3 mile wide strip from near the Colfax county line to near and southeast of Webster, which is north of North Bend on Highway 79. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Webster | - | Hail close to baseball-size fell 7 miles north of North Bend. The large hail caused a several mile wide swath of crop damage in the area. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Webster | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Webster | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Webster | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Webster | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Webster | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glencoe (historical) | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Snyder | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Scribner | 8.1 miles | 8 | |
| North Bend | 9.4 miles | 11 | |
| Dodge | 9.9 miles | 8 | |
| Crowell | 10.0 miles | 8 | |
| Hooper | 12.9 miles | 8 | |
| Ames | 13.3 miles | 12 |
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 Webster | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18394745 | 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 834522. 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.