BlockOlcott, Kentucky
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Kentucky Ridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40977. It stands on Caney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kayjay quadrangle. It stands 1,283 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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 Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1952 USGS Davisburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Kayjay quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Middlesboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
116 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Olcott between 1997 and 2020, burning about 7,515 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 23 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 | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 June 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OLD MILL ROAD FIRE |
| 24 June 2014 | Natural | 80 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PUNKIN PATCH |
| 5 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 May 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HALL RD FIRE |
| 7 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LITTLE ROUND MT FIRE |
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.
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 Olcott | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7083323 | 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 508741. 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.