BlockMillwood, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Leitchfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42762. The Survey maps it on the Caneyville quadrangle. It stands 676 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1922 USGS Leitchfield quadrangle1:48000
- 1925 USGS Leitchfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Caneyville quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Caneyville quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Millwood between 1998 and 2017, burning about 255 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BROWN |
| 11 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 182 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 November 1998 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 November 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 54 |
| 17 November 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HORNBACK RD. |
| 12 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 Millwood: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ragland Mine & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Rock | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Peth | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Post | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Shrewsbury | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Caneyville | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Leitchfield | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Windyville | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Knob | 6.8 miles | 11 |
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 Millwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690953 | 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 498392. 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.