BlockHegira, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kettle-Peytonsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42717. It lies near Spurlins Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Frogue quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1924 USGS Lillydale quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Lillydale quadrangle1:62500
- 1929 USGS Lillydale quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Frogue quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Frogue quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
38 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Hegira between 1998 and 2020, burning about 388 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROBERT RIDGE |
| 25 April 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MODOC |
| 15 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hegira: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grider Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Grove | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Modoc | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Long Ridge | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Frogue | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Kettle | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Bow | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Tanbark | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Littrell | 6.5 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122597851 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508218. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.