BlockWillow Springs, Nebraska
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Willow Springs precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68823. It lies near Jones Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Burwell SE 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
5 surveys from 11 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 Burwell SE 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
17 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Willow Springs (historical) between 2007 and 2016, burning about 921 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 | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 July 2013 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 July 2012 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 April 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1847527. 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.