BlockIn The Bark of Wonderland, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Magnolia-Upton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42784. It lies near Barefoot Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Hammonville quadrangle. It stands 863 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
6 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.
- 1934 USGS Munfordville quadrangle1:48000
- 1937 USGS Munfordville quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Hammonville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of In The Bark of Wonderland (historical) between 1997 and 2019, burning about 388 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WONDERLAND RD. |
| 26 September 1999 | Smoking | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | UPTON |
| 3 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of In The Bark of Wonderland (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talley | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Maxine | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Tanner | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Keith (historical) | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Magnolia | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Mathers Mill | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Boundary Oak | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| South Buffalo | 7.5 miles | 8 |
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 Q6011827 | 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 2569447. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.