BlockBeech Grove, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bardwell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42023. The Survey maps it on the Arlington 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
8 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.
- 1939 USGS Wickliffe quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Arlington quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Wickliffe quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Wickliffe quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1970 USGS Arlington quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1972 USGS Wickliffe quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS Sikeston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Beech Grove (historical) between 2006 and 2017, burning about 30 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 1741 |
| 20 August 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CORN SHELL |
| 19 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DRIFTWOOD |
| 20 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WAYNE FREEMAN ROAD |
| 4 November 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 November 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 2ND STRIKE TRAIN FIRE |
| 7 October 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CORN FIELD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laketon | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Mississippi (historical) | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Geveden | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Bardwell | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Winford | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Berkley | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Morris Valley (historical) | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Antioch (historical) | 6.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743887. 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.