BlockMount Zion, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Bald Knob census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40601. It stands on Dutch Fork. The Survey maps it on the Frankfort West 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
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1922 USGS Frankfort quadrangle1:48000
- 1924 USGS Frankfort quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Frankfort West quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Frankfort West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Frankfort West quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1986 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Frankfort West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Mount Zion (historical) between 1999 and 2014, burning about 24 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COW PIE |
| 27 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 November 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryant | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Benson | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Honeysuckle (historical) | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Roberts (historical) | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Glore (historical) | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Kennebec | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Harvieland | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Choateville | 4.9 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2569594. 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.