BlockLick Skillet, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Shepherdsville Southeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40165. It stands on Lickskillet Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shepherdsville 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
8 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.
- 1949 USGS Shepherdsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Shepherdsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Shepherdsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Shepherdsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Shepherdsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
50 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Lick Skillet (historical) between 1998 and 2019, burning about 133 acres in total. 1 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 | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 April 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 April 1999 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SKYVIEW |
| 2 April 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CORAL RIDGE FIRE |
| 13 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lick Skillet (historical): 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway 61 Roadcut | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Bullitt County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sheperdsville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Grove | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Salt River | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Shepherdsville | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Clermont | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Limestone Springs | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Bardstown Junction | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Gap in Knob | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Hobbs | 3.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742435. 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.