BlockLee, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Jetson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42261. It lies near Squire Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Ready quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1922 USGS Leitchfield quadrangle1:48000
- 1925 USGS Leitchfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Ready quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Lee between 2001 and 2012, burning about 51 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BLADDER FI |
| 19 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 March 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROADSIDE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Love | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Grancer | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Decker | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Centhro (historical) | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Whittinghill | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Vineyard | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Jetson | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Bryant Ridge (historical) | 3.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508439. 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.