BlockBornes Ford, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 42134. It stands on Mays Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hickory Flat quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1928 USGS Adolphus (North Half) quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Adolphus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Gallatin quadrangle1:100000
- 1954 USGS Hickory Flat quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Hickory Flat quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Bornes Ford between 1999 and 2010, burning about 67 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 21 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 February 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 February 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 November 2005 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 November 2000 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 October 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | MITCHVILLE#2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hop Over (historical) | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Highland | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Round Pond (historical) | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Hickory Flat | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Peden Mill | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Gold City | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Geddes | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Oak Grove (historical) | 7.9 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122568585 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507557. 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.