BlockJustice, Kentucky
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Russellville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42256. The Survey maps it on the Sharon Grove quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1952 USGS Sharon Grove quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Justice between 2003 and 2008, burning about 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 October 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 October 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Justice in 1 storm report in 2007: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2007 | Flood | Justice | - | Three roads in the county were flooded. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Ridge | 0.7 miles | 7 | |
| Crossroad | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Shed (historical) | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Gordonsville | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Everett | 3.8 miles | 7 | |
| Bibbtown (historical) | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Whippoorwill | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Walnut Grove (historical) | 5.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508366. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.