BlockPine Knob, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Short Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42721. It stands on Pine Knob. The Survey maps it on the Spring Lick quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1925 USGS Spring Lick quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Spring Lick quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Spring Lick quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Pine Knob between 1998 and 2019, burning about 124 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BLAINE HILL |
| 23 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RIDGE ROAD |
| 2 May 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PINE KNOB |
| 3 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 March 1998 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 March 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PINE DR. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Knob in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Flood | Pine Knob | - | Numerous county roads were closed due to high water, or debris left over from high water.. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Post | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Tousey | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Spring Lick | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Short Creek | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Smithview | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Do Stop | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Yeaman | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Caneyville | 4.3 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 500697. 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.