BlockBeech Fork, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Daisy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41731. It stands on Turkey Branch. The Survey maps it on the Leatherwood 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
6 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.
- 1891 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1916 USGS Cornettsville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Leatherwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
134 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Beech Fork (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 13,218 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 31 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 | 56 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 118 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 78 acres | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slemp | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Beehive (historical) | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Daisy | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Leatherwood | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Wentz | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Delphia | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Middle Fork (historical) | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Cornettsville | 5.1 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2556913. 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.