BlockFalls of Tug, Kentucky
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Clifford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41230. It stands on Rockcastle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Louisa quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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.
- 1903 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Louisa quadrangle1:48000
- 1913 USGS Louisa quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Louisa quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Louisa quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Louisa quadrangle1:24000
- 1971 USGS Louisa quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
221 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 221 fires within 5 miles of Falls of Tug between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,362 acres in total. None started naturally. 118 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 118 |
| Debris and open burning | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | WEBB ROAD |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BUFFALO HORN |
| 24 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 70 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DONATHAN R |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clifford | 0.6 miles | 24 | |
| Laurel (historical) | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Donathon (historical) | 2.5 miles | 24 | |
| Upper Tug (historical) | 4.3 miles | 25 | |
| Summit | 4.4 miles | 24 | |
| Gallup | 5.6 miles | 24 | |
| Chapman | 5.8 miles | 24 | |
| Torchlight | 6.0 miles | 24 |
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 Q122559937 | 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 2337744. 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.