BlockHillcrest, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Richmond census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40475. The Survey maps it on the Richmond North quadrangle.
On record in Hillcrest
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Brutus and Pattie Field Clay Houselisted 1990 · 1.0 miles away- Chenault Houselisted 1989 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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 Richmond quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Richmond North quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Richmond North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Hillcrest between 2007 and 2008, burning about 6 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 November 2007 | Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arlington | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Rosedale (historical) | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Richmond | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Reeds Crossing | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Redhouse | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Million | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Union City | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Caleast | 5.8 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 517010. 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.