BlockFisher, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the McDaniels-Hudson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42754. The Survey maps it on the Madrid quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Madrid quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Fisher between 1999 and 2015, burning about 156 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 | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 21 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BALLMAN MCCOY LANE |
| 22 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CAVE SPRING |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 July 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PATRIOT SH |
| 4 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cobblers Knob | 1.1 miles | 12 | |
| Horn Back Mill | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Madrid | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| McCoy | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| McDaniels | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Centerview | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Cannons Point | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Cave Spring | 5.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507999. 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.