BlockNash, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Sunfish census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42210. The Survey maps it on the Ready quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1922 USGS Leitchfield quadrangle1:48000
- 1925 USGS Leitchfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Ready quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Nash between 1997 and 2012, burning about 272 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BLADDER FI |
| 7 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nash in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2011: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slate Bank (historical) | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Big Reedy | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Sunfish | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Roundhill | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Huff | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Prosperity | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Black Gold | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Bee Spring | 8.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508672. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.