BlockOva, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the West Magoffin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41465. It stands on Reed Branch. The Survey maps it on the Seitz quadrangle. It stands 879 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1889 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Seitz quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Seitz quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
221 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 221 fires within 5 miles of Ova between 1997 and 2020, burning about 5,717 acres in total. None started naturally. 35 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 | 97 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MIDDLE PUNCHEON |
| 25 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 June 2000 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 June 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GOSE BRANC |
| 27 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HIGH ROCK |
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 Ova | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7113187 | 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 508765. 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.