BlockChance, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Glens Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42728. The Survey maps it on the Amandaville quadrangle. It stands 1,017 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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 Amandaville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Chance between 1998 and 2020, burning about 95 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KENNETH BLEDSOE |
| 10 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BIRD ROAD |
| 30 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.1 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GREENBRIAR |
| 21 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chance in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2015: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Grove (historical) | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| Rowes Store (historical) | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Inroad | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Fairplay | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Gum Grove | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Bird (historical) | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Cundiff | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Estep | 4.5 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Chance | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5070695 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507683. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.