BlockBig Branch, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Emmalena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41740. It stands on Beech Creek. The Survey maps it on the Carrie 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
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.
- 1891 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1914 USGS Troublesome quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Carrie quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Carrie quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
312 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 312 fires within 5 miles of Big Branch (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 20,207 acres in total. None started naturally. 77 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 | 131 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 77 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 73 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 26 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MONTGOMERY BR. |
| 1 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2337648. 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.