BlockBig Spring, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1991. It lies in ZIP code area 40175. The Survey maps it on the Big Spring quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1941 USGS Ekron quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Ekron quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Big Spring between 1998 and 2014, burning about 124 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HOBBS LANE |
| 7 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ST. JOHNS FIRE |
| 2 April 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 April 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Plains Corner | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| High Plains | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Corners | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Bewleyville | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Rosetta | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Custer | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Dyer | 7.4 miles | 18 | |
| Graysville | 7.9 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 487260. 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.