BlockMitchell, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Crofton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42215. It stands on Wallace Fork. The Survey maps it on the Dawson Springs SW 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
8 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.
- 1909 USGS Dawson Springs quadrangle1:48000
- 1911 USGS Dawson Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Dawson Springs SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Dawson Springs SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Mitchell (historical) between 2004 and 2010, burning about 105 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 March 2007 | Smoking | 60 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 November 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 October 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SNIDER |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bainbridge | 2.8 miles | 6 | |
| Hawkins | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Pennyrile Park | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Era | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Palestine (historical) | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Sinking Fork | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Adams (historical) | 9.1 miles | 12 | |
| Gracey | 9.3 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742897. 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.