BlockAyers, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Williamsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40769. It stands on Ross Branch. The Survey maps it on the Williamsburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1890 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
54 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Ayers between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,270 acres in total. None started naturally. 27 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 | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | FUSTON |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | CIGARETTE |
| 9 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | LITTLE PINKIE |
| 9 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | BIG PINKIE |
| 7 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FEATHER CREEK FIRE |
| 7 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | not named |
| 29 April 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelly Knob Camp (historical) | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Red Ash Coal Camp (historical) | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Jellico Creek | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Mountain Ash | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Red Ash | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Pleasant View | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Saxton | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Fairview | 6.6 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 510331. 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.