BlockLettered Oak, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Albany census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42602. It stands on Lettered Oak Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Albany quadrangle. It stands 1,024 feet above sea level. 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 12 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.
- 1929 USGS Byrdstown quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Albany quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Albany quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Lettered Oak (historical) between 1999 and 2017, burning about 216 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HAY FIRE |
| 30 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 April 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 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 Lettered Oak (historical): 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Well-Sphalerite Occurrence | Zinc | Occurrence | Sphalerite | |
| Deep Well-Sphalerite Occurrence | Zinc | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shipley | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| Willen (historical) | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Wolf River Dock | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Lee Chapel (historical) | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Hobart | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Dicken (historical) | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Ewing (historical) | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Browns Crossroads | 4.8 miles | 12 |
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 Lettered Oak (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6533633 | 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 2742095. 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.