BlockBelleview, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the LaFayette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42240. The Survey maps it on the Church Hill 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 9 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.
- 1951 USGS Church Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Church Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Church Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Belleview (historical) between 2004 and 2010, burning about 263 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 153 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LONG |
| 22 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | QUAIL |
| 24 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 October 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | I-24 FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merrittstown | 1.6 miles | 9 | |
| Walnut Grove | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Julien | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Canton Pike | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Cox Mill (historical) | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Church Hill | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Newstead | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Gracey | 3.9 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742876. 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.