BlockNuckols, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Livermore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42352. The Survey maps it on the Utica quadrangle. It stands 404 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1906 USGS Sutherland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Utica quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Nuckols between 1998 and 2012, burning about 212 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 38 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HOUSE |
| 14 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 110 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LONE OAK |
| 10 June 2000 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 March 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 December 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Nuckols: 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H M Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Livermore 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tichenor | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Livermore | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Briarfield (historical) | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Buel | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Dug Hill (historical) | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Underwood | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Reeves | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Island | 5.7 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Nuckols | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7067910 | 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 499630. 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.