BlockDishman Springs, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Barbourville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40734. It lies near Lowe Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Barbourville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1886 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1952 USGS Barbourville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Barbourville quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Middlesboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
223 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 223 fires within 5 miles of Dishman Springs between 1997 and 2020, burning about 7,512 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 41 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 | 124 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PERMAN ROAD |
| 10 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 August 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 63 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SWAN LAKE |
| 23 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BULL RUN F |
| 7 May 2014 | Natural | 26 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SWAN POND |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Emanuel | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Swan Lake | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Arkle | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Apple Grove (historical) | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Barbourville | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Permon | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Swanpond | 4.2 miles | 17 |
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 Q122569245 | 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 507857. 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.