BlockCamp Grounds, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the North Corbin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40701. The Survey maps it on the Corbin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1890 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:24000
- 1970 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
89 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Camp Grounds between 1995 and 2019, burning about 752 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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 | 42 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2007 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 August 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | 3 SISTERS |
| 19 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | LAUREL BRIDGE |
| 28 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SCOTTS ROA |
| 25 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SAND HILL |
| 7 May 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | PICNIC |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 511154. 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.