BlockBlairs Mills, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Wrigley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41472. It stands on Elam Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wrigley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1929 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:48000
- 1935 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Wrigley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Wrigley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
71 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Blairs Mills between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,190 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 27 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROUTE 7 |
| 17 July 1995 | Natural | 15 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | LITTLE PEA |
| 7 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROCKHOUSE BRANCH |
| 22 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DEVILS FORK |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Hill (historical) | 0.9 miles | 11 | |
| Leisure | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Ditney School (historical) | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Wrigley | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Blaze | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Redwine | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Hickory Grove (historical) | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Yocum | 7.1 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 510773. 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.