BlockAurbuckle, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lebanon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40033. It stands on Fisher Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bradfordsville 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
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1952 USGS Bradfordsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Bradfordsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Aurbuckle (historical) between 1999 and 2019, burning about 350 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JIM BROWN |
| 25 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FAGAN BRANCH |
| 9 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ARBUCKLE ROAD |
| 30 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arbuckle (historical) | 0.0 miles | 9 | |
| Salleetown | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| Medlock (historical) | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| Greenbriar | 1.6 miles | 9 | |
| Peck Ford | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Phillipsburg | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Calvary | 3.6 miles | 6 | |
| Bradfordsville | 4.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742288. 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.