BlockHarris Creek, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hustonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40484. The Survey maps it on the Junction 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 11 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.
- 1905 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Junction City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Harris Creek (historical) between 1998 and 2019, burning about 178 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | REYNOLDS HOLLOW |
| 26 June 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RANGE FIRE |
| 14 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | POWER LINE |
| 10 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MORLAND |
| 1 April 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BOWEN |
| 8 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HARRIS CREEK |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milledgeville | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Moreland | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| McCormack (historical) | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Hustonville | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Chicken Bristle | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Turnersville | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| McKinney | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Blue Lick | 6.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742217. 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.