BlockDecatur, Kentucky
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Russell Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42642. It stands on Turkey Fork. The Survey maps it on the Phil quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Phil quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
22 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Decatur between 1999 and 2019, burning about 340 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 March 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sycamore Flat | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Fonthill | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Webbs Cross Roads | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Jericho | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Salem | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Horntown | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Humble | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Sano | 5.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507830. 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.