BlockBuskirk, Kentucky
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the McCarr census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41544. It stands on Lower Oldhouse Branch. The Survey maps it on the Matewan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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.
- 1887 USGS Warfield quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Warfield quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1909 USGS Matewan quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Matewan quadrangle1:48000
- 1917 USGS Matewan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1928 USGS Matewan quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Matewan quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Matewan quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
214 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 214 fires within 5 miles of Buskirk between 1992 and 2019, burning about 37,762 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 74 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 74 |
| Debris and open burning | 56 |
| Fireworks | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | POUNDING MILL |
| 7 September 2007 | Other causes | 4.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PETERS FORK RD 2 |
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 81 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | TAYLORVILLE #2 |
| 18 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | MURPHY BRANCH @ VARNEY |
| 13 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | TAYLORVILLE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCarr | 0.6 miles | 24 | |
| Nampa (historical) | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| New Alma Coal Camp (historical) | 1.3 miles | 24 | |
| Stringtown | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Burnwell | 3.0 miles | 22 | |
| Meathouse (historical) | 3.5 miles | 24 | |
| Ransom | 3.8 miles | 24 | |
| Columbiatown (historical) | 3.9 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 488493. 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.