BlockBowlingtown, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Buckhorn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41721. It stands on Eversole Branch. The Survey maps it on the Buckhorn quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1891 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1913 USGS Buckhorn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Buckhorn quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Buckhorn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Buckhorn quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
150 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Bowlingtown (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 9,064 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 39 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 | 62 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | ELKHORN FUMBLE |
| 3 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 415 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BOWLING CREEK RD. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gays Creek | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Buckhorn | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Lower Leatherwood (historical) | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Saul | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Big Hill (historical) | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Johnson (historical) | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Middle Squabble (historical) | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Doorway | 4.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 510877. 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.