BlockMount Pleasant, Kentucky
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Mount Olivet census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41064. It lies near Cow Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Piqua 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
4 surveys from 5 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.
- 1952 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Mount Pleasant (historical) between 2004 and 2010, burning about 76 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 | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 November 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MT TABOR |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ogden Ridge (historical) | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Piqua | 2.3 miles | 5 | |
| Mount Olivet | 2.9 miles | 6 | |
| Five Lick Creek (historical) | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Alhambra | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Kentontown | 5.4 miles | 5 | |
| Brierly Ridge (historical) | 5.4 miles | 6 | |
| Linville (historical) | 5.4 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2556042. 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.