BlockDelville, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the New Castle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40011. It stands on Flag Run. The Survey maps it on the Franklinton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1928 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:48000
- 1932 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Franklinton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Delville between 1997 and 2003, burning about 41 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 | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 November 1997 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklinton | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Drennon Springs | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Lacie | 3.8 miles | 7 | |
| Point Pleasant | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| New Castle | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Port Royal | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Bethlehem | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Slabtown | 5.8 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122543714 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507841. 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.