BlockMercer, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42330. The Survey maps it on the Central City West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1909 USGS Central City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Central City West quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Central City West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Central City West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
56 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Mercer between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,818 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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 | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 July 2012 | Natural | 1.1 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BIG TREE S |
| 25 July 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 138 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 120 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BLIND 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillside | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| Prospect (historical) | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Powderly | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Dovey (historical) | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Morehead | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Nebo | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Liberty Hill (historical) | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Cherry Hill (historical) | 2.7 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508590. 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.