BlockAsh Spring, Kentucky
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Russellville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42265. It stands on Vicks Branch. The Survey maps it on the Allensville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Allensville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Ash Spring between 2000 and 2007, burning about 234 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 230 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 February 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lickskillet | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| Olmstead | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Dripping Spring (historical) | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Old Volney | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Mosley Pond | 3.2 miles | 6 | |
| Parson Campground (historical) | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Ferguson | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Johnstown (historical) | 4.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743066. 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.