BlockFairview, Kentucky
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Sharpsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40374. The Survey maps it on the Sharpsburg 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 6 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 Sharpsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Fairview (historical) between 2000 and 2011, burning about 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SR 486 |
| 28 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROGERS MILL |
| 7 February 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 February 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 October 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 January 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharpsburg | 2.9 miles | 6 | |
| Bald Eagle (historical) | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Reynoldsville | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Upper Prickly Ash (historical) | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Salt Well (historical) | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Bethel | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Harpers (historical) | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Pittsburgh (historical) | 7.5 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2416400. 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.