BlockDuff, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Short Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42754. It lies near Stones Hollow. The Survey maps it on the McDaniels quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS Mc Daniels quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Mc Daniels quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Duff between 1999 and 2017, burning about 146 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 21 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BALLMAN MCCOY LANE |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RAINBOW LANE |
| 28 March 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 March 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OAK ROAD F |
| 18 March 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Duff in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Hail | Duff | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Valley | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Concord | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Short Creek | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Lilac | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Hanging Rock | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Eveleigh | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Falling Branch | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Fentress McMahan | 5.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507881. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.