BlockHilltop, Kentucky
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Harrodsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40330. The Survey maps it on the Mackville quadrangle. It stands 902 feet above sea level. 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
4 surveys from 7 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 Mackville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Hilltop (historical) between 1999 and 2019, burning about 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 October 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DEEP CREEK |
| 24 October 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TEXAS ROAD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bushtown | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Liberty (historical) | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Deep Creek | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| Stewart | 3.4 miles | 7 | |
| Bruners Chapel (historical) | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Dixville | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Cornishville | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Battle (historical) | 4.6 miles | 11 |
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 Hilltop (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690604 | 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 2566098. 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.