BlockMcClure, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Morganfield census division. The Survey maps it on the Waverly 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 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.
- 1907 USGS Morganfield quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of McClure (historical) between 2005 and 2017, burning about 25 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FLAMING TI |
| 19 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MCLURE CEMETARY ROAD |
| 13 December 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | H AND H |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Topeka Crossroads (historical) | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Boxville | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Givens | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Waverly | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Breckinridge Center | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Vincent | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Flournoy | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Yuba | 5.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743586. 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.