BlockJohnson, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Buckhorn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41745. It stands on Cam Johnson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Buckhorn quadrangle. It stands 784 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
8 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.
- 1891 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1913 USGS Buckhorn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Buckhorn quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Buckhorn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Buckhorn quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
212 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 212 fires within 5 miles of Johnson (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 15,495 acres in total. None started naturally. 61 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 80 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 61 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 289 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BARWICK |
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 415 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BOWLING CREEK RD. |
| 21 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckhorn | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Big Hill (historical) | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Gays Creek | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Bowlingtown (historical) | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Chavies | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Middle Squabble (historical) | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Red Hill (historical) | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Lead Branch (historical) | 6.3 miles | 13 |
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 Johnson (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6268128 | 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 2557380. 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.