BlockAwe, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Laurel-Petersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41179. It stands on Blue Ridge Fork. The Survey maps it on the Head of Grassy quadrangle. It stands 922 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Head Of Grassy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Head of Grassy quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Awe between 2001 and 2020, burning about 720 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 308 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LAUREL |
| 4 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | THURMAN BR |
| 3 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HAZEL HOLLOW |
| 16 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | UPPER TWIN BR |
| 13 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harris | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Stricklett | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Bald Point (historical) | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Upper Indian Creek (historical) | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Crum | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Emerson | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Kinniconick | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Petersville | 7.9 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Awe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4829997 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507430. 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.