BlockGlen Springs, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Laurel-Petersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41179. It stands on Toller Branch. The Survey maps it on the Charters 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.
- 1919 USGS Vanceburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Charters quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Vanceburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Charters quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Glen Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 834 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | BOAT GUNNEL |
| 8 April 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 70 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FITE HOLLOW |
| 8 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DUNAWAY BRANCH |
| 6 April 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 95 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HAPPY HOLLOW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nashtown | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Oak Ridge (historical) | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Oak Ridge (historic) | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Crum | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Petersville | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Burtonville | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Ribolt | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Charters | 5.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508097. 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.