BlockBuena Vista, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Wingo-Water Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42041. The Survey maps it on the Cuba 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
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1952 USGS Cuba quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Mayfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1977 USGS Cuba quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
62 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Buena Vista (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 214 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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 | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | SIXTY |
| 6 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KNOB CREE |
| 12 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | THIRTY NINE |
| 12 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tennessee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Oak | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Cuba | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Fairbanks | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Lynnville | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Boydsville | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Feliciana | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Bell City | 8.9 miles | 9 | |
| Water Valley | 9.0 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743800. 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.