BlockBlack Hawk, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands on Blue Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lamasco quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Lamasco quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Lamasco quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Black Hawk between 1999 and 2012, burning about 86 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Smoking | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 July 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BARRETT RD |
| 6 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 June 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 139 RAMP |
| 26 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PERRY |
| 1 December 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HERNDON CI |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallonia | 5.1 miles | 7 | |
| Trigg Furnace | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Cedar Point | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Cadiz | 6.9 miles | 7 | |
| Blue Water Estates | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Rockcastle | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Rockcastle Shores | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Cerulean | 8.9 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507515. 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.