BlockFriendship, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Auburn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42206. The Survey maps it on the Auburn quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1951 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Friendship (historical) between 2010 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SSTEVENSON MILL II |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FAMILY VISIT |
| 15 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MONGOMERY ROAD |
| 23 October 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OVERHOLT |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandtown | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Dennis | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Auburn | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Corinth | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Pleasant Run (historical) | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Duncans Shed (historical) | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Rogers | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Antioch (historical) | 5.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743075. 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.