BlockMusic, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Willard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41168. It stands on Lick Branch. The Survey maps it on the Rush quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1903 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Rush quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rush quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
165 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Music between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,442 acres in total. None started naturally. 32 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 | 62 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 32 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KATIE ROAD |
| 21 June 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 May 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | 0.6 miles | 15 | |
| Williams Creek | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Norton Branch | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Stinson | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Denton | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Straight Creek | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Savage | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Fairview Hill | 5.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508666. 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.