BlockEddy Bay, Kentucky
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Southeast Lyon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42038. It stands on Bells Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eddyville quadrangle.
On record in Eddy Bay
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.
MAMIE S. BARRETT (towboat)listed 1983 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 19 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.
- 1928 USGS Eddyville quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Eddyville quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Eddyville quadrangle1:48000
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Eddyville quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Eddyville quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Eddyville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
19 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Eddy Bay between 1997 and 2012, burning about 56 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LAM HEAT |
| 14 August 2010 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | MAMMOTH |
| 23 July 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BARRETT RD |
| 6 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 June 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | BLACK SATURDAY |
| 5 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dewey (historical) | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| Greenacres | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Palisades | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Paradise Hills | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| Confederate | 1.3 miles | 8 | |
| Wildwood Hills | 1.5 miles | 19 | |
| Eden Bay | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Buena Vista Estates | 2.2 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122573045 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507906. 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.