BlockNo Creek, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Heflin-Beda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42347. The Survey maps it on the Hartford quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1909 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of No Creek between 1998 and 2020, burning about 302 acres in total. 1 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2020 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SMOKING FIRE |
| 31 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beda | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Heflin | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Hartford | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Centertown | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Combs Ford | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Matanzas | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Dukehurst | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Buford | 5.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508710. 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.