BlockJoppa, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Glens Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42728. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Montpelier quadrangle. It stands 837 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Montpelier quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Montpelier quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Joppa between 1998 and 2016, burning about 148 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BY-PASS |
| 6 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 April 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WHITE OAK |
| 8 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 March 1999 | Smoking | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Joppa: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Williams 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ozark | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| Glens Fork | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Concord (historical) | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Tabor (historical) | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Craycraft | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Longview (historical) | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Gadberry (historical) | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Gum Grove | 3.7 miles | 9 |
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 Joppa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6276192 | 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 508357. 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.