BlockWoodcliff, Nebraska
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Leshara Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68025. It stands on Elm Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fremont East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1893 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Fremont East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
53 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Woodcliff between 2007 and 2020, burning about 31 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 2007 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 July 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 834863. 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.