BlockEvans Ford, Kentucky
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Liberty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42539. It stands on Garrett Creek. The Survey maps it on the Phil quadrangle.
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.
- 1953 USGS Phil quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
47 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Evans Ford between 1998 and 2014, burning about 876 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 90 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hill | 1.0 miles | 9 | |
| Rubert Ford | 1.0 miles | 7 | |
| Phil | 2.0 miles | 7 | |
| Boyle (historical) | 2.1 miles | 7 | |
| Dunnville | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Rheber | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Riffe Creek (historical) | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Labascus | 3.5 miles | 7 |
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 Q122567083 | 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 507957. 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.