BlockKendall Springs, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Owingsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40360. It stands on Salt Well Creek. The Survey maps it on the Preston 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
5 surveys from 8 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 Preston quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Preston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Kendall Springs (historical) between 1997 and 2017, burning about 250 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OLYMPIA SPRINGS |
| 6 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OLYMPIA LUMBER |
| 25 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 April 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SOUR SPRINGS RD. |
| 15 April 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OLYMPIA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kendall Springs | 0.1 miles | 8 | |
| Preston | 1.7 miles | 8 | |
| Salt Well (historical) | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Owingsville | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Jackson Schoolhouse (historical) | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Chestnut Grove (historical) | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Olympia | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Upper Prickly Ash (historical) | 4.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2416420. 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.