BlockArnold, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Battletown-Payneville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40176. The Survey maps it on the Irvington 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
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1928 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Irvington quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Irvington quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Arnold (historical) between 1999 and 2012, burning about 157 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 June 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SIROCCO RD |
| 6 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DEAD HORSE HOLLOW FIRE |
| 11 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payneville | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Sirocco | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Preston (historical) | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Midway | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Liberty | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Haysville | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Andyville | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Lodale | 6.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742579. 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.