BlockFreedom, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Jamestown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42629. The Survey maps it on the Jamestown quadrangle. It stands 1,030 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Jamestown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Freedom between 1998 and 2019, burning about 1,170 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROWENEA |
| 22 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TWIN CREEK |
| 14 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SWOND POND |
| 9 November 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 November 1998 | Smoking | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 November 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Freedom: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcclure Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Freedom in 2 storm reports in 2016: 1 hail, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sewellton | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| Long Bottom | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Rowena | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Helm | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Old Olga | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Olga | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Rose Crossroads | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Manntown | 4.2 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Freedom | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690422 | 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 508037. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.