BlockClay Fork, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Sandy Hook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41164. It stands on Durham Fork. The Survey maps it on the Ault 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
5 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.
- 1950 USGS Ault quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Ault quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
141 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Clay Fork (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,108 acres in total. None started naturally. 27 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 | 48 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 May 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DEHART ROAD |
| 1 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOST HILL FIRE |
| 7 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MUSHROOM FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Clay Fork (historical): 3 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durham Fork Shale | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Porter School Shale | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Chespeake Sandstone Pit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Lawton Sandstone Pit | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Railroad Sandstone Pit | Silica | Past 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2337147. 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.