BlockMill Creek, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Owingsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40346. It stands on Richardson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Olympia 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
7 surveys from 10 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 Salt Lick quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Salt Lick quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Olympia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Olympia quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
50 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Mill Creek (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 947 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 May 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OLYMPIA SPRINGS |
| 7 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | REBEL TRACE |
| 6 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OLYMPIA LUMBER |
| 6 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROTHWELL HILL |
| 28 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 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 Mill Creek (historical): 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.W.Ingram Deposit | Iron | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Slate Creek (historical) | 1.0 miles | 10 | |
| Pine Grove (historical) | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Black Sulpher Spring (historical) | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Olympia Springs | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Chestnut Grove (historical) | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Preston | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Suddith (historical) | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Upper Salt Lick (historical) | 5.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2416439. 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.