BlockDripping Spring, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Russellville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42265. It stands on Vicks Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dot quadrangle. 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 Dripping Spring
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.
- Cedar Grove Rosenwald Schoollisted 2002 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1951 USGS Dot quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Dripping Spring (historical) in 2007, burning about 233 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 230 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lickskillet | 1.2 miles | 9 | |
| Ash Spring | 2.0 miles | 6 | |
| Ferguson | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Olmstead | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Old Volney | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Parson Campground (historical) | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Cave Springs | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Pleasant Grove (historical) | 4.3 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743072. 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.