BlockKeith, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Magnolia-Upton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42748. It stands on Dye Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hammonville quadrangle. 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
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1934 USGS Munfordville quadrangle1:48000
- 1937 USGS Munfordville quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Hammonville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Keith (historical) between 2004 and 2019, burning about 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WONDERLAND RD. |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CATLETT FIRE |
| 30 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GRUBBS FIRE |
| 1 October 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TILLEY OAK HILL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanner | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Boundary Oak | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Maxine | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Mathers Mill | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| South Buffalo | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Buffalo | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Magnolia | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| In The Bark of Wonderland (historical) | 4.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2569450. 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.