Falling Branch, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Short Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40119. It stands on Cave Creek. The Survey maps it on the McDaniels quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Mc Daniels quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Mc Daniels quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Falling Branch between 1999 and 2017, burning about 149 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TICK RIDGE |
| 30 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BLAINE HILL |
| 25 September 1999 | Smoking | 11 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SAND KNOB CHURCH FIRE |
| 19 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RAFFO VILLA |
| 10 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 59 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fentress McMahan | 0.7 miles | 12 | |
| Hickory Corner | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Concord | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Indian Valley | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Short Creek | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Duff | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Tousey | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Hites Falls | 6.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507974. 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.






