BlockConcord, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Russellville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42276. It stands on Town Branch. The Survey maps it on the Homer 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 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.
- 1951 USGS Homer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Concord (historical) between 2001 and 2014, burning about 102 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SSTEVENSON MILL II |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FAMILY VISIT |
| 24 April 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOGAN RAILROAD |
| 19 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 March 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HINTON |
| 23 March 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | EPLEY STATION |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Grove (historical) | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Kedron (historical) | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Danby | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Russellville | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Oak Grove (historical) | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Cooperstown | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Duncans Shed (historical) | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Happy Hollow | 4.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743070. 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.