BlockBanyan, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Mayflower census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41501. It stands on Spears Branch. The Survey maps it on the Thomas 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
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1886 USGS Prestonsburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Prestonsburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1914 USGS Laynesville quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Harold quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Thomas quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Thomas quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
71 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Banyan (historical) between 1997 and 2019, burning about 5,132 acres in total. None started naturally. 24 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 | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | IVY CREEK |
| 30 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BUFFALO |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 654 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CLARK BRANCH 2 |
| 10 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 185 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BIG BRANCH |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCombs | 0.3 miles | 16 | |
| Gulnare | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Sycamore (historical) | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| CC Maynards Settlement (historical) | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Lowe (historical) | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Heenon | 4.9 miles | 20 | |
| Miller Creek (historical) | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Piso | 6.2 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2337491. 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.