BlockWeir, Nebraska
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Mullen precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69152. The Survey maps it on the Hire SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1950 USGS Hire quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Valentine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Valentine quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Mullen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Hire SE quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Weir in 2012, burning about 31 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2012 | Natural | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 July 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heil School (historical) | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Mullen | 17.2 miles | 10 | |
| Kelso | 23.4 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835477. 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.