BlockMeshack, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Tompkinsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42167. It stands on Little Meshack Creek. The Survey maps it on the Vernon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1929 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
99 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Meshack between 1998 and 2017, burning about 3,029 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BRYANTT |
| 26 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 73 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Meshack: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Oil Shale, Uranium, Oil Shale. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcrop Sample For Uranium | Uranium, Oil Shale | Occurrence | ||
| Outcrop Sample For Uranium | Uranium, Oil Shale | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otia | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Coe | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Blythe | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Johnstonville (historical) | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Raydure | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Martinsburg | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Hestand | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Vernon | 6.9 miles | 13 |
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 Meshack | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65074624 | 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 508595. 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.