BlockNevelsville, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Parkers Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42653. It stands on Mile Branch. The Survey maps it on the Nevelsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1932 USGS Burnside quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Nevelsville quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
86 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Nevelsville between 1993 and 2019, burning about 2,391 acres in total. None started naturally. 50 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | CEMETERY |
| 23 September 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | POFF |
| 23 September 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 7.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | MCCLAIN |
| 18 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | TUCKER TOWN |
| 10 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | ARCH |
| 30 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | SWAIN CIRCLE FIRE |
| 30 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | BUCK KNOB FIRE II |
| 11 May 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | PARKERS LAKE |
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 Nevelsville: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkers Lake Shale | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Wiborg | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Flat Rock | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Beulah Heights | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| Marshes Siding | 7.9 miles | 16 | |
| Slavans | 8.3 miles | 11 | |
| Hill Top | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Big South Fork (historical) | 8.6 miles | 9 |
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 Q122588781 | 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 514228. 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.