BlockBluff Spring, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Crofton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42240. It stands on Buck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Haleys Mill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1912 USGS Nortonville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Haleys Mill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Haleys Mill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Bluff Spring between 2004 and 2017, burning about 180 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 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 125 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FRUITHILL |
| 18 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 February 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 November 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Union (historical) | 2.4 miles | 7 | |
| Carl | 2.5 miles | 7 | |
| Fearsville | 2.7 miles | 7 | |
| Fruit Hill | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Haleys Mill | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Hickory With (historical) | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Ovil | 4.2 miles | 7 | |
| Dukes Store (historical) | 4.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507540. 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.