BlockBig Hill, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Buckhorn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41721. It stands on Schoolhouse Branch. The Survey maps it on the Buckhorn quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Big Hill
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Buckhorn Presbyterian Church and the Greer Gymnasiumlisted 1975 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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
- 1913 USGS Buckhorn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Buckhorn quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Buckhorn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Buckhorn quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
155 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Big Hill (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 13,180 acres in total. None started naturally. 41 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 | 64 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 415 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BOWLING CREEK RD. |
| 24 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BARWICK |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckhorn | 0.6 miles | 14 | |
| Johnson (historical) | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Middle Squabble (historical) | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Bowlingtown (historical) | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Gays Creek | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Doorway | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Upper Squabble (historical) | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Lower Leatherwood (historical) | 5.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2557370. 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.