BlockBobs Fork, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Hyden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41714. It stands on Bobs Fork. The Survey maps it on the Big Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1891 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Big Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Big Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
153 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Bobs Fork between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,141 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 78 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 | 78 |
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | TIRES |
| 24 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | SUGAR |
| 17 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | TREE |
| 15 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | GARCIA |
| 7 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | PEABODY HOUSE |
| 29 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | SUGAR |
| 5 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | BOBS FORK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bobs Fork in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Bobs Fork | - | A water rescue took place for a resident living along Hwy 1482. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Branch | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Jason | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sizerock | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Thousandsticks | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Kaliopi | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Hyden | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Essie | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Stinnett | 8.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2091389. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.