BlockBloss, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Mount Vernon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40456. It stands on Nicely Branch. The Survey maps it on the Billows quadrangle.
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.
- 1893 USGS London quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS London quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Billows quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
46 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Bloss between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,898 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 165 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BELL FIRE |
| 1 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 36 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | BILLOWS |
| 7 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 204 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | BILLOWS |
| 22 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pongo | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Hansford | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Luner | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Sand Springs | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Level Green | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Wabd | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Wellhope | 7.2 miles | 16 | |
| Willailla | 8.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 510794. 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.