BlockArthur, Kentucky
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Pine Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40810. The Survey maps it on the Nolansburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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
- 1916 USGS Nolansburg quadrangle1:48000
- 1919 USGS Nolansburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Nolansburg quadrangle1:24000, 4 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
- 1977 USGS Middlesboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
81 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Arthur between 1997 and 2020, burning about 15,742 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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 | 44 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 150 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOBSTER BRANCH |
| 14 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 78 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 June 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 66 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Laurel | 2.7 miles | 23 | |
| Pine Mountain | 3.4 miles | 23 | |
| Totz | 4.7 miles | 23 | |
| Divide | 4.8 miles | 23 | |
| Nolansburg | 5.0 miles | 23 | |
| Dione | 5.6 miles | 23 | |
| Laden | 5.7 miles | 23 | |
| Dillon | 6.4 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2565528. 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.