BlockBoston, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Northeast Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40245. It stands on South Long Run. The Survey maps it on the Fisherville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1929 USGS Taylorsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Fisherville quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Fisherville quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Fisherville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Boston in 2005, burning about 5 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Boston: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avoca Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Run | 0.7 miles | 12 | |
| New Eastwood | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Eastwood | 1.1 miles | 12 | |
| Old Eastwood | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Beckley | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Clark | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Fisherville | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Avoca | 3.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507560. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.