BlockNero, Kentucky
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Paintsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41265. It stands on Flatwood Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lancer quadrangle. It stands 627 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1886 USGS Prestonsburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Prestonsburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1914 USGS Laynesville quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Harold quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Lancer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Dewey Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Lancer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Lancer quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
218 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 218 fires within 5 miles of Nero between 1997 and 2020, burning about 5,729 acres in total. None started naturally. 55 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 | 70 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 55 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 42 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROUTE 302 |
| 9 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ABBOTT MTN |
| 28 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BARBER BRANCH III |
| 20 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BARBER BRANCH II |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Nero: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Point Roadcut | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Levisa Fork Sandstone Pit | Silica | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Lear | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| East Point | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Odds | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| West Van Lear | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Meally | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Dawkins | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Hagerhill | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Collista | 4.9 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Nero | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6996538 | 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 508689. 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.