BlockDyer, Kentucky
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the McDaniels-Hudson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40115. The Survey maps it on the Constantine quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1932 USGS Big Clifty quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Big Clifty quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Constantine quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Constantine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Constantine quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Dyer between 1998 and 2019, burning about 282 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 April 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 65 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SOUTH GRANDVIEW CHURCH ROAD |
| 11 April 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 1073 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Constantine | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Custer | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Fairfield | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| High Plains | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Hudson | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Buras | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| High Plains Corner | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Woodrow | 5.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 491384. 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.