BlockJagoe, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Bremen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42372. The Survey maps it on the Millport quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1909 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Millport quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Millport quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
31 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Jagoe between 1997 and 2016, burning about 455 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GAS WELL |
| 5 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FURLOUGHWEEN |
| 27 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 165 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GOVERNMENT |
| 24 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millport | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Stringtown | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Briar Creek | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Lynn City | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Bremen | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| McDonalds (historical) | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Sandy | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Gishton | 3.6 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743016. 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.