BlockLittle Mount, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Taylorsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40071. It stands on Elk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Taylorsville quadrangle.
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.
- 1929 USGS Taylorsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Taylorsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Taylorsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Little Mount between 2003 and 2011, burning about 34 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 February 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | INDIAN RIDGE FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leatherwoods Settlement (historical) | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Rivals | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Yoder | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Taylorsville | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Eden | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Normandy | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Riverhill Farm (historical) | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Zion (historical) | 6.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 496807. 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.