BlockCanby, Kentucky
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Monterey-New Columbus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41010. The Survey maps it on the Lawrenceville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1950 USGS Lawrenceville quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Canby between 2001 and 2020, burning about 20 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 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROSE FIRE |
| 18 April 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 330 FIRE |
| 9 March 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOCUST FIRE |
| 20 October 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Columbus | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Breck | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Holiday Ford | 4.7 miles | 6 | |
| Hensley Ford | 4.8 miles | 6 | |
| Natlee | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Needmore | 5.5 miles | 6 | |
| Sweet Owen | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Hallam | 6.9 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507643. 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.