BlockWescott, Nebraska
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Douglas Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68828. The Survey maps it on the Sargent 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.
- 1952 USGS Sargent SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 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
6 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Wescott between 2004 and 2018, burning about 289 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 | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 65 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 October 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 120 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comstock | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Sargent | 8.8 miles | 11 | |
| Weissert | 10.4 miles | 11 | |
| Elton (historical) | 11.0 miles | 11 | |
| Westerville | 11.5 miles | 11 | |
| West Union (historical) | 12.8 miles | 12 | |
| Round Valley | 13.4 miles | 11 | |
| Cummings Park (historical) | 17.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 834553. 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.