BlockNigh, Kentucky
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Fedscreek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41524. It stands on Hunt Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lick Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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 Grundy quadrangle1:125000
- 1890 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1915 USGS Regina quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Regina quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Regina quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1917 USGS Regina quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Lick Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Lick Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
123 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Nigh between 1997 and 2020, burning about 7,899 acres in total. None started naturally. 27 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 | 51 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FEDS CREEK |
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 206 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GRAPEVINE |
| 18 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BIG HACKNEY'S CREEK |
| 12 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 85 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508706. 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.