BlockPenick, Kentucky
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lebanon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40033. It lies near Putnam Knob. The Survey maps it on the Lebanon East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Lebanon East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Penick between 1998 and 2017, burning about 170 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DUNN FIRE |
| 24 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 February 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HOURIGAN LANE FIRE |
| 14 November 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helm (historical) | 2.5 miles | 7 | |
| Poplar Corner | 2.8 miles | 7 | |
| Riley | 2.8 miles | 6 | |
| Pleasant Run (historical) | 3.4 miles | 7 | |
| Shortline Pike (historical) | 3.9 miles | 7 | |
| Springfield Pike (historical) | 4.3 miles | 7 | |
| Lower Logan (historical) | 4.9 miles | 7 | |
| Bradfordsville | 5.1 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122594706 | 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 508799. 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.