BlockWilliamsville, Nebraska
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Barada precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68355. The Survey maps it on the Barada quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1915 USGS Falls City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Barada quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Falls City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Williamsville (historical) between 2009 and 2020, 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 February 2009 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 February 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 February 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 December 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 November 2020 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barada | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Arago (historical) | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Archer (historical) | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Straussville | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Shubert | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Falls City | 9.4 miles | 12 | |
| Verdon | 9.6 miles | 11 | |
| Yancton (historical) | 10.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1883510. 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.