BlockGregory, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Peaks Mill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40601. It lies near Indian Gap Hill. The Survey maps it on the Switzer 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
7 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.
- 1906 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:48000
- 1908 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Switzer quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Gregory (historical) between 1997 and 2010, burning about 33 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 February 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 October 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SPLITTER FIRE |
| 11 October 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swallowfield | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Peaks Mill | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Elmville | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Polsgrove | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Ottusville | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Knights (historical) | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Hodge (historical) | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Harp (historical) | 5.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2569566. 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.