BlockLogsdon Valley, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Munfordville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42765. It lies near Possum Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Munfordville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1934 USGS Munfordville quadrangle1:48000
- 1937 USGS Munfordville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Munfordville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Munfordville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Logsdon Valley between 1998 and 2020, burning about 145 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 | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 July 2012 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FLINT RIDG |
| 5 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MCCUBBINS FIRE |
| 12 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Mammoth Cave National Park | CENTER POINT |
| 12 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 27 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Logsdon Valley: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murray Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forestville | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Beulah | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Kessinger | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Winesap | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Tom Johns Crossing | 3.5 miles | 22 | |
| Leitchfield Crossing | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Perryville | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Munfordville | 3.8 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122555657 | 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 508492. 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.