BlockArnold, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Horse Branch census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42349. It lies near Rattlesnake Knob. The Survey maps it on the Rosine quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1925 USGS Spring Lick quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rosine quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Rosine quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Arnold between 1999 and 2011, burning about 307 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 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 86 FIRE |
| 30 August 1999 | Smoking | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 June 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 55 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROCKY CREEK |
| 18 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2004 | 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
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arnold in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Hail | Arnold | - | A spotter reported quarter sized hail at Renfrow. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dogwalk | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Renfrow | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Baizetown | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Windy Hill | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| White Run | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Flint Springs | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Horse Branch | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Select | 5.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507414. 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.