BlockOld Sydney, Kentucky
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Sidney census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41564. It stands on Left Fork Dixfork. The Survey maps it on the Belfry 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
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1887 USGS Warfield quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Warfield quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1915 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Belfry quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Belfry quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Belfry quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
109 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Old Sydney (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 9,039 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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 | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 98 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 130 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WINN BRANCH |
| 2 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 58 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Dick (historical) | 0.9 miles | 19 | |
| Bevins Branch (historical) | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Sidney | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Blackburn Bottom | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Canada | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Right Fork of Meathouse (historical) | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Sydney (historical) | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Pigeon Roost (historical) | 3.1 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2336946. 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.