BlockPea Ridge, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Flemingsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41093. It stands on Pea Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Burtonville 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
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1951 USGS Burtonville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Pea Ridge (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 182 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | PAR 5 |
| 24 June 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 April 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SUIT LANE |
| 18 April 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BEECHY CREEK |
| 15 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 344 |
| 13 April 2001 | Smoking | 1.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beechburg | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Wallingford | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Carpentersville (historical) | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Foxport | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Pleasureville | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Park Lake Resort (historical) | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Carmel | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Dalesburg | 4.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2355268. 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.