BlockBaldwin Ford, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Fredonia census division. It lies near Hickory Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Dalton 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.
- 1909 USGS Providence quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Providence quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Baldwin Ford between 1997 and 2014, burning about 384 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 March 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KERRY |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 February 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shady Grove (historical) | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Utley Ford | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Smith Ford | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Tom Gray Ford | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Quinn | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Fryer | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Harper Ford | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Creswell | 7.2 miles | 14 |
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 Q122549387 | 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 507442. 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.