BlockFletcher, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Camp Ground census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40740. It stands on Camp Branch. The Survey maps it on the Blackwater quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1891 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1952 USGS Blackwater quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Blackwater quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
144 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Fletcher between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,927 acres in total. None started naturally. 25 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 78 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 233 |
| 1 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 70 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fletcher in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fletcher | - | A large tree was blown down at the intersection of Kentucky Highways 830 and 1223 near Lynn Camp. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuttle | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| McHargue | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Boreing | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Cane Creek | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Blackwater | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Lesbas | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Lida | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Lily | 5.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 512204. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.