BlockIola, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Benton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42025. It stands on Middle Fork Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elva quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1936 USGS Benton quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Elva quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Elva quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Benton quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Elva quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Iola between 1998 and 2017, burning about 134 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WHISPERING HILLS |
| 25 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | STORY CEME |
| 26 March 1998 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 February 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Fork (historical) | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Griggstown (historical) | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Scale | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Pleasant Valley (historical) | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Oak Level | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Elva | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Harris Hill Ford | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Draffenville | 4.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508315. 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.