BlockDuckrun, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Williamsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40769. It stands on Bee Shoals Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hollyhill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1890 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Hollyhill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Hollyhill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
249 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 249 fires within 5 miles of Duckrun between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,191 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 190 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 | 190 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | PITCH |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 131 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2005 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | NEW PACK |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | SWITCHBACK |
| 21 June 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 26 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | SLICK SHOALS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redbird | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Jellico Creek | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Liberty | 6.3 miles | 16 | |
| Bon | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Shelly Knob Camp (historical) | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Balltown | 7.9 miles | 15 | |
| Williamsburg | 8.3 miles | 15 | |
| Clio | 8.4 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 511940. 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.