BlockAccess, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Grahn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41164. It stands on Lick Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bruin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1950 USGS Bruin quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Bruin quadrangle1:24000
- 1971 USGS Bruin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
95 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Access between 1997 and 2020, burning about 746 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 were 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 | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 May 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 3298 |
| 7 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CHURCH LOOP FIRE |
| 5 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MAYBERRY RIDGE |
| 3 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Access in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2015: 2 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2015 | Flood | Access | $375,000 | Numerous roads were blocked by overflowing small streams on the 9th, especially around Hitchins and Willard. Water got into a few buildings along the Dry Fork in the Willard area. This included a church. Along Route 1 at the junction of the Dry Fork and the Little Fork, a non porfit food pantry lost thousands of dollars of food, along with damage to their appliances. A few vehicles were flooded. For a second time this month, homes were flooded in the Hitchins and Willard vicinity. According to county damage assessment, no additional homes were destroyed. The affected dwellings were still trying to clean up from the flood that occurred on the 3rd and 4th of the month. Telephone lines also went down during the afternoon of the 14th around Hitchins. ||A strong rise on the Little Sandy River occurred, rising above flood stage during the midday on the 9th. The crest was 23.6 feet late on the 14th, a little less than a foot lower than on the 4th of April. The water receded by early afternoon on the 15th along the Little Sandy River. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Access | $40,000 | Minor small stream flooding in the morning across eastern portions of the county lead to a strong rise on the Little Sandy River. The river went above flood stage at Grayson around midday on the 12th. The crest was around 23.5 feet during the early evening. Flood stage is 20 feet. Some residents of the River Run community near Grayson were evacuated as a precaution. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clifty (historical) | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Sophi | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Aden | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Grahn | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Cory | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Ross (historical) | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Fultz | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Mountain Top | 6.3 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507370. 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.