BlockAtchison, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Campbellsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42718. It stands on Wee Yan Branch Robinson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Campbellsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Atchison between 2000 and 2019, burning about 39 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 June 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 May 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 March 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Atchison in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2017: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Horn | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| South Campbellsville | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Campbellsville | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Hatcher | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Yuma | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Acton | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Arista | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Burdick | 4.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507423. 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.