BlockMorgans Creek, Kentucky
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Webbville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41230. It lies near Jim Carter Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Fallsburg 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
10 surveys from 24 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.
- 1903 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Louisa quadrangle1:48000
- 1913 USGS Louisa quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Louisa quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Fallsburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Fallsburg quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
100 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Morgans Creek (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 941 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 23 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 | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 May 2001 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 May 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 May 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SPANKEM BRANCH 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yatesville | 1.8 miles | 24 | |
| Green Valley (historical) | 1.9 miles | 24 | |
| Deephole (historical) | 2.7 miles | 23 | |
| Fallsburg | 3.2 miles | 24 | |
| Five Forks | 3.5 miles | 24 | |
| Stringtown | 3.5 miles | 24 | |
| Irad | 3.7 miles | 23 | |
| Potters (historical) | 4.1 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2094644. 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.