BlockOld Trinity, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Bowling Green census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42104. The Survey maps it on the Bowling Green South 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
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1921 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:62500
- 1923 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Bowling Green South quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Bowling Green South quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Bowling Green South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Bowling Green South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Old Trinity (historical) between 1999 and 2016, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 October 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 October 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DEWEY LAKE RD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plano | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Three Springs | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Old Union (historical) | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Rich Pond | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Greenwood | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| White Kitchen (historical) | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Memphis Junction | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Matlock | 4.1 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742804. 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.