BlockMonkey Den, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Benton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42025. It stands on Myers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hardin 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 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.
- 1936 USGS Benton quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Benton quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1969 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Monkey Den (historical) between 1998 and 2014, burning about 298 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 July 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OLIVER |
| 26 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BRUSHY CR |
| 3 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 April 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 305 NANNIE NEAL RD. |
| 2 April 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OLIVE HAMLETT RD. |
| 8 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glade | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Liberty (historical) | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| South Marshall | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Walnut Grove | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Yancy Darnell (historical) | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Dogtown | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Union Hill (historical) | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Olive | 2.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743729. 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.