BlockFlintville, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Hardshell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41348. It lies near Orchard Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Haddix quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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 Hazard quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1913 USGS Buckhorn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Haddix quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Haddix quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Haddix quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
237 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 237 fires within 5 miles of Flintville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 18,972 acres in total. None started naturally. 63 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 | 101 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 63 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 48 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BIG BRANCH |
| 29 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | STRAY BRAN |
| 25 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 1178/L |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clayhole | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Lost Creek | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Haddix | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Kragon | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Watts | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Hardshell | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Portsmouth | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Press | 3.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508016. 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.