BlockCasey Fork, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Burkesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42717. It stands on Bombshell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Waterview quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Waterview quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
45 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Casey Fork between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,726 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 July 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marrowbone | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Dubre | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Waterview | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Sugar Grove (historical) | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Grider | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Little Renox (historical) | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Big Renox | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Leslie | 5.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742610. 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.