BlockJewel City, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hanson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42456. It stands on Pond River. The Survey maps it on the Calhoun quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1908 USGS Calhoun quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Calhoun quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Jewel City between 1999 and 2019, burning about 121 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 May 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MILE MARKE |
| 13 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 November 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 November 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PASCAL KING RD. |
| 11 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashbyburg | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| New Salem (historical) | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Chelsea (historical) | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Vandetta | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Hanson | 10.1 miles | 12 | |
| West Hanson | 10.7 miles | 14 | |
| Oakliff Store (historical) | 10.8 miles | 14 | |
| Anton | 12.2 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 Q122563458 | 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 508344. 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.