BlockHappy Top, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Clay City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40312. The Survey maps it on the Clay City 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
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1892 USGS Beattyville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1952 USGS Clay City quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Clay City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
78 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Happy Top (historical) between 1996 and 2020, burning about 524 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 21 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 June 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FIFE LICK |
| 30 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vaughns Mill | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Powell Valley | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Lone Oak (historical) | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Waltersville | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Clay City | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Piggville (historical) | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Virden | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Black Creek (historical) | 4.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2420704. 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.