BlockBauer, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It lies in ZIP code area 42519. It lies near Baby Stocking Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Hail quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1890 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Hail quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Hail quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
54 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Bauer between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,052 acres in total. None started naturally. 30 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | OLE HIGHWAY 27 |
| 3 June 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | JEEP |
| 27 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JERU KNOB |
| 8 May 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | POWER LINE |
| 1 May 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | GUT LICK |
| 1 May 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | not named |
| 7 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.5 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | SWAIN |
| 7 April 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.2 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | EAGLE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funston | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Greenwood | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Sawyer | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Honeybee | 7.4 miles | 16 | |
| Nevelsville | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Wiborg | 8.8 miles | 16 | |
| Beulah Heights | 8.8 miles | 16 | |
| Flat Rock | 9.6 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 510433. 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.