BlockOld Empire, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Crofton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42217. The Survey maps it on the Crofton quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1912 USGS Nortonville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Crofton quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Crofton quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
22 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Old Empire (historical) between 1998 and 2019, burning about 1,310 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 88 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | QUAD COUNT |
| 26 June 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROADSIDE F |
| 5 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TRESSLE |
| 22 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HOPKINSVILLE ROAD |
| 9 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mannington | 0.6 miles | 12 | |
| Empire | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Grapevine (historical) | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Castleberry (historical) | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Crofton | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Adams (historical) | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Orange Grove (historical) | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| East Macedonia (historical) | 6.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742899. 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.