BlockBlaines Trace, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Isonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41180. It stands on Mud Lick. The Survey maps it on the Mazie 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 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.
- 1903 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Mazie quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
57 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Blaines Trace (historical) between 1997 and 2019, burning about 890 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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 | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CANES CREEK ROAD |
| 4 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WALLOW HOLE |
| 27 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2087701. 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.