BlockBig Bend, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Newport-Fort Thomas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41076. It stands on Scaffold Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alexandria 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 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.
- 1929 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Big Bend (historical) between 2010 and 2018, burning about 45 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 | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 March 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | INDEPENDENCE RAILROAD |
| 2 November 2010 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SHERBOURNE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorne | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Poplar Thicket (historical) | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Pools Creek | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Cold Spring | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Alexandria | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Reeses Settlement (historical) | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Crestview | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Highland Heights | 4.3 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742125. 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.