BlockAlva, Kentucky
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Alva census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40863. It stands on Littlefield Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ewing quadrangle. It stands 1,444 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 28 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.
- 1887 USGS Jonesville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Jonesville quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1932 USGS Hagan quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1935 USGS Ewing quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Ewing quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1949 USGS Ewing quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Ewing quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Middlesboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
99 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Alva between 1997 and 2020, burning about 8,037 acres in total. None started naturally. 27 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 46 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 110 acres | Virginia Department of Forestry | not named |
| 3 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 90 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WALLINS |
| 6 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SUNNY BEACH |
| 5 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 127 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SCOTT CEMETERY #1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Alva: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentenia Shale | Clay | Prospect |
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 Alva | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4737609 | 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 485915. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.