BlockWorms, Nebraska
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Prairie Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68872. The Survey maps it on the Saint Libory quadrangle. It stands 1,801 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1899 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS St. Libory quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Worms in 2009, burning under an acre 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Worms in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 flood, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Worms | $300,000 | Based on radar estimation and various measured totals from NWS/NeRAIN/CoCoRaHS observers, widespread rainfall of 2-6 inches fell across mainly the northern half of the county (highest totals far north) mainly between 7:30 p.m. CDT on the 21st and 1 a.m. CDT on the 22nd. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worms | $50,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 65 MPH resulted in some power pole damage four miles west of Archer. Power outages were also reported in the Central City and Palmer areas. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Worms | $25,000 | Water was reported over a number of county roads, and while the primary flooding threat ended during the late evening hours and water then began to recede, area creeks continued to run high and ditches were full well into the morning hours of May 13th. A few county roads actually remained closed over the next day or so, having been damaged by the flood water. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Worms | $25,000 | Heavy rainfall across the area resulted in numerous county roads and intersections being closed in the western part of the county. A few remained closed well into the day of the 21st. |
| August 2013 | Heavy Rain | Worms | - | A 12 hour total of 3.12 inches fell through 7 am CDT. This report was from the Nebraska Rainfall Assessment and Information Network (NERAIN). |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Worms | - | no account filed |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Worms | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q12898369 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 834877. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.