BlockDuncan Ridge, Kentucky
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Lewisburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42256. It stands on Duncan Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Sharon Grove quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1952 USGS Sharon Grove quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Duncan Ridge (historical) between 2001 and 2016, burning about 138 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 August 2007 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Lick | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Spa | 2.6 miles | 7 | |
| Everett | 3.3 miles | 7 | |
| Jerico | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Whispering Pines | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Stewarts Ridge (historical) | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Agnes | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Whiskey Bay | 4.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743073. 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.