BlockHelm, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bryan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42629. It stands on Coe Creek. The Survey maps it on the Creelsboro quadrangle. It stands 574 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Creelsboro quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Helm between 1998 and 2016, burning about 1,259 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 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 150 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WHIPPOORWILL FIRE |
| 14 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 July 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CROCUS |
| 25 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROWENEA |
| 2 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | AGGEE CEM. |
| 14 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | NUMBER THREE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manntown | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| Long Bottom | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Old Olga | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Creelsboro | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Rowena | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Freedom | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Bryan | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Sewellton | 3.8 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Helm | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690581 | 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 508220. 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.