BlockMiddle Fork, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Elkfork-Ophir census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41472. It stands on Horse Mill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dingus 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
9 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.
- 1889 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Dingus quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dingus quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Dingus quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
128 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Middle Fork (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,773 acres in total. None started naturally. 35 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 | 66 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 1260 |
| 9 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 85 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BEAR BRANCH HWY 437 |
| 2 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HIGHWAY 589 |
| 9 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 174 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RT 437 |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2362583. 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.