BlockMurphy Ford, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Dawson Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42453. It stands on Buffalo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dawson Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1909 USGS Dawson Springs quadrangle1:48000
- 1911 USGS Dawson Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Dawson Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Dawson Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
44 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Murphy Ford between 1998 and 2017, burning about 786 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Murphy Ford: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Charles Clay | Clay | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sixseam (historical) | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Union Temple (historical) | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Dawson Springs | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Hamby | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Ilsley | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Walnut Grove (historical) | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Charleston | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Charles | 5.7 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122549643 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508663. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.