BlockBeulah Heights, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Parkers Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42653. It stands on Freeman Fork. The Survey maps it on the Wiborg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1890 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Wiborg quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Wiborg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
267 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 267 fires within 5 miles of Beulah Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,886 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 186 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 | 186 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | YAHOO ARCH |
| 9 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | ARCHER |
| 9 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 21 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | TIRE |
| 8 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | RAILROAD |
| 4 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | LITLIN |
| 30 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | PIGEON ROOST |
| 3 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | PITCH |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Beulah Heights: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkers Lake Shale | Clay | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Rock | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Wiborg | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Honeybee | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Marshes Siding | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Greenwood | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Whitley City | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Funston | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Nevelsville | 6.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 510586. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.