BlockHites Falls, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Short Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40119. It lies near Alum Hill. The Survey maps it on the Falls of Rough quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1932 USGS Fordsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Falls Of Rough quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Falls of Rough quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Hites Falls between 2000 and 2019, burning about 122 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BLAINE HILL |
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RIDGE ROAD |
| 26 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OLATION FI |
| 10 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 70 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeaman | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Tousey | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Hickory Corner | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Jugville | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Pine Knob | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Falling Branch | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Short Creek | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Fentress McMahan | 7.0 miles | 12 |
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 Q122562363 | 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 508255. 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.