BlockBlackwater, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Frenchburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40387. It stands on Long Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pomeroyton 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
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1892 USGS Beattyville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1951 USGS Pomeroyton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pomeroyton quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
48 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Blackwater (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 761 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Natural | 15 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | CASTLE ARCH |
| 29 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 125 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | SKY BRIDGE |
| 2 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 45 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | HORSEFLY |
| 15 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | CANYON |
| 25 June 2007 | Natural | 20 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | SIAMESE |
| 29 May 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MAYTOWN |
| 7 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FALLING WATER RD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stoll (historical) | 0.3 miles | 15 | |
| Flat Rock (historical) | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Pomeroyton | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Trimble Bend (historical) | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Pine Grove (historical) | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Wellington | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Denniston | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Botts (historical) | 4.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2400751. 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.