BlockMorris Valley, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Bardwell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42023. The Survey maps it on the Blandville 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
5 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.
- 1951 USGS Blandville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Fancy Farm quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1977 USGS Blandville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Morris Valley (historical) between 1999 and 2015, burning about 153 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 1741 |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 August 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CORN SHELL |
| 5 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antioch (historical) | 1.7 miles | 9 | |
| Bardwell | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Old Mayfield (historical) | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Magee Springs | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Cunningham | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Mississippi (historical) | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Geveden | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Beech Grove (historical) | 5.4 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743911. 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.