BlockNew Chapel, Kentucky
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Clinton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42031. The Survey maps it on the Oakton quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1939 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Oakton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1970 USGS Oakton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS Sikeston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of New Chapel (historical) between 2004 and 2018, burning about 65 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | POWERLINE |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DAVIS ROAD |
| 28 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KALER |
| 20 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GRUBBS ROA |
| 16 June 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COMBINE |
| 9 February 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HARPER HAMS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tar Heel | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Midway (historical) | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Moss (historical) | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Clinton | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Scott | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Spring Hill | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Zion (historical) | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Oakton | 4.0 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743913. 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.