BlockBurroughs, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Bedford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40006. It stands on Demeree Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bedford quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Burroughs
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
William L. Coleman Houselisted 1983 · 0.4 miles away
W. W. Logan Houselisted 1984 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Burroughs (historical) between 2001 and 2004, burning about 358 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 October 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 354 acres | Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge | TARGET |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Middle Creek | 1.4 miles | 8 | |
| Gill Ridge | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Hickory Grove (historical) | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Carmon | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Bedford | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Barebone (historical) | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Providence | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Poplar Ridge (historical) | 5.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742516. 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.