BlockDewey, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Southeast Lyon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42038. It stands on Bells Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mont quadrangle. It stands 486 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Dewey
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
MAMIE S. BARRETT (towboat)listed 1983 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1936 USGS Golden Pond quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Mont quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Mont quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Golden Pond quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1967 USGS Mont quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Dewey (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 34 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LAM HEAT |
| 14 August 2010 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | MAMMOTH |
| 23 July 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BARRETT RD |
| 6 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 June 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | BLACK SATURDAY |
| 5 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eddy Bay | 0.7 miles | 19 | |
| Confederate | 0.8 miles | 8 | |
| Paradise Hills | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| Wildwood Hills | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| Greenacres | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Palisades | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Commerce Landing | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Eden Bay | 2.7 miles | 19 |
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 Q14690305 | 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 2743555. 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.