BlockPine Grove, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Clementsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42539. It stands on McClures Fork. The Survey maps it on the Bradfordsville NE 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.
- 1953 USGS Bradfordsville NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Pine Grove (historical) between 1999 and 2017, burning about 163 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HAYES |
| 25 April 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DERRINGER FIRE |
| 9 March 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CHAPEL HILL 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sulphur Run (historical) | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| Scotts Chapel (historical) | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Atterson | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| White Oak Ridge (historical) | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Caney Fork (historical) | 4.2 miles | 7 | |
| Martin Creek (historical) | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Woodrum Ridge (historical) | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Jacktown | 5.0 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742276. 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.