BlockBig Branch, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Viper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41774. It stands on Big Branch. The Survey maps it on the Vicco 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
- 1916 USGS Cornettsville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Vicco quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Vicco quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
349 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 349 fires within 5 miles of Big Branch (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 11,333 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 59 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 | 159 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 93 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 59 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 29 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MONTGOMERY CREEK |
| 29 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JEFF |
| 29 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | ORCHARD |
| 26 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fusonia | 0.3 miles | 16 | |
| Fuson (historical) | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Scuddy | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Defiance | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Happy | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Cornettsville | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Vicco | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Viper | 3.4 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2556948. 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.