BlockBakersport, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1983. It lies in ZIP code area 42464. The Survey maps it on the Graham quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1912 USGS Nortonville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Graham quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Graham quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
22 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Bakersport between 1997 and 2020, burning about 576 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CAN FIRE |
| 22 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RED HILL |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 August 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GRAHAM |
| 12 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 205 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MCNARY ROAD |
| 26 March 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BOAT |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number Five (historical) | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Orange Grove (historical) | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Rockbridge (historical) | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Apex | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| Greshem Chapel (historical) | 8.9 miles | 14 | |
| Grapevine (historical) | 9.7 miles | 12 | |
| Mannington | 9.7 miles | 12 | |
| Old Empire (historical) | 10.3 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122594107 | 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 507439. 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.