BlockBasin Spring, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Irvington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40146. The Survey maps it on the Garfield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1928 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Garfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Garfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Basin Spring between 1998 and 2017, burning about 213 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BLUE FORK ROAD |
| 19 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 13 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 60 FIRE |
| 11 April 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irvington | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Bewleyville | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Rosetta | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Webster | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Hensley | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Stinnettsville | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Clifton Mills | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Graysville | 4.8 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507459. 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.