BlockHighview, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Beaver Dam census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42320. It lies near Taylor Hill. The Survey maps it on the Cromwell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1909 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Cromwell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Cromwell quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
45 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Highview between 1998 and 2014, burning about 3,215 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,400 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 June 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shultztown | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| Prentiss | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Cool Springs | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Cromwell | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Wysox | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Oak Grove | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Nineteen | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Rob Roy | 6.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508240. 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.