BlockDavenport Landing, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Drakesboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42337. It stands on Daniels Branch. The Survey maps it on the Rochester quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1911 USGS Dunmor quadrangle1:48000
- 1914 USGS Dunmor quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
36 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Davenport Landing between 1998 and 2017, burning about 3,711 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,400 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1,200 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DEAD DEER |
| 23 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 450 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 2 LEG FIRE |
| 11 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 21 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knightsburg | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Skilesville | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Riverside (historical) | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Ennis | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Paradise (historical) | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Forest Oak (historical) | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Forest Grove (historical) | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Cedardale (historical) | 5.8 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507816. 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.