BlockCissels Creek, Kentucky
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the St. Mary census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40033. It stands on Cissels Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lebanon West 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
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.
- 1953 USGS Lebanon West quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Cissels Creek (historical) between 2001 and 2016, burning about 47 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SPENCER HAMILTON |
| 11 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 February 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HAZY DOWNS RD. FIRE |
| 25 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 November 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROSE WOOD |
| 3 October 2001 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 October 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TURKEY |
| 15 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FERGIE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cissels Creek (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward & Montgomery Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Charles | 1.0 miles | 6 | |
| Saint Mary | 1.5 miles | 6 | |
| Frogtown | 2.5 miles | 6 | |
| Miller Pike (historical) | 2.8 miles | 6 | |
| Stewarts Creek (historical) | 3.1 miles | 6 | |
| Saint Rose Pike (historical) | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| Beantown (historical) | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| Downs (historical) | 3.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742291. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.