BlockHoney Acre, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It lies in ZIP code area 42642. The Survey maps it on the Eli quadrangle. It stands 1,014 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Eli quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Eli quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Honey Acre between 1999 and 2017, burning about 266 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BROWN RIDGE |
| 25 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 March 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MERRITT RIDGE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luttrell (historical) | 2.6 miles | 7 | |
| Windsor | 3.5 miles | 7 | |
| Teddy | 4.9 miles | 7 | |
| Dunnville | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Evona | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Phil | 7.2 miles | 7 | |
| Riffe Creek (historical) | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Red Hill | 8.1 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 Honey Acre | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690641 | 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 508272. 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.