BlockNewby, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Cottonburg-Valley View census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40475. It lies near Jolly Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Valley View quadrangle.
On record in Newby
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Newby Country Storelisted 2025 · 0.1 miles away
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.
- 1892 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Valley View quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Newby between 1999 and 2015, burning about 94 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 August 1999 | Natural | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crow Valley | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Million | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Ruthton | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Baldwin | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Cottonburg | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Edenton | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Stringtown | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Cuzick | 5.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 499421. 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.