BlockMcQuady, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Glen Dean-Vanzant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40119. The Survey maps it on the Glen Dean quadrangle. It stands 676 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1932 USGS Fordsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Glen Dean quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Glen Dean quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Glen Dean quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of McQuady between 1998 and 2011, burning about 179 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 65 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SHREWSBURY FIRE |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SAND KNOB CHURCH FIRE |
| 10 April 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 59 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 March 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | 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 McQuady: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardinsburg Quarry | Limestone, General | 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.
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 McQuady | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6802621 | 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 497945. 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.