BlockBack, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Frenchburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40387. It stands on Black Fork. The Survey maps it on the Ezel 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
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1889 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Ezel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Ezel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
41 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Back (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 167 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 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 September 2002 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | DEVILS SPA |
| 11 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WHITTS ACRES |
| 15 May 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RYAN ROAD |
| 4 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WELLINGTON RD |
| 3 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 April 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | SHELL FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Korea | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Artville | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Wellington | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Pine Grove (historical) | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Dan | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Botts (historical) | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Denniston | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| West Denniston (historical) | 3.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2400744. 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.