BlockMurphyfork, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Grassy Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41332. It stands on Loring Nickell Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hazel Green quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1889 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Hazel Green quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Hazel Green quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
70 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Murphyfork between 1997 and 2020, burning about 676 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 May 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 125 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MAYTOWN |
| 9 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | UPPER LONG BRANCH |
| 7 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FALLING WATER RD |
| 6 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WEDDINGTON ROAD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caskey Fork (historical) | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Rexville | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Maytown | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Mize | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Pekin | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Jericho (historical) | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Right Fork (historical) | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Ezel | 4.4 miles | 14 |
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 Q122564259 | 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 508664. 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.