BlockChestnut Grove, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Corbin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40701. It stands on Little Spruce Creek. The Survey maps it on the Vox quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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 Vox quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Vox quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
106 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Chestnut Grove (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,171 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 36 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 | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | CADILLIAC |
| 5 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.5 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | AUGER SPRINGS |
| 29 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | WHIPPOORWILL |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 108 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | WHIPPOORWILL |
| 27 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | BEGLEY |
| 19 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | 3 SISTERS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Estates | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Grove | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Scuffletown | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Faber | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Corbin | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Woodbine | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Youngs Creek | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Walden | 5.5 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2710173. 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.