BlockOrtiz, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Sebree census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42455. The Survey maps it on the Sebree quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1906 USGS Sebree quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Sebree quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Sebree quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Sebree quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Ortiz between 2000 and 2013, burning about 99 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ortiz in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Ortiz | - | Highway 132 experienced flash flooding between Sebree and Dixon. The Kentucky mesonet site near Dixon reported 3.42 inches of rain. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gatesville | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Wanamaker | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Breton | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Pratt | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Dixon | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Vanderburg | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Sebree | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Poole | 6.1 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508759. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.