BlockOakla, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Owingsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40360. It lies near Smoky Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Colfax quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1929 USGS Salt Lick quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Salt Lick quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Oakla between 1999 and 2017, burning about 66 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COLFAX RD |
| 10 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PEASTICKS |
| 23 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 February 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WILLIAMS RD |
| 15 November 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Oakla: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clover Creek Iron Tract | Iron | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pebble | 2.2 miles | 6 | |
| Peeble (historical) | 2.2 miles | 6 | |
| Wyoming | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| East Fork (historical) | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| White Oak | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Pittsburgh (historical) | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| South Sherburne (historical) | 4.7 miles | 6 | |
| Red Bush (historical) | 4.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 514305. 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.