BlockPitts Point, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Fort Knox census division. It stands on Rolling Fork. The Survey maps it on the Pitts Point quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1936 USGS Vine Grove quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Vine Grove quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Pitts Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Vine Grove quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Pitts Point quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Pitts Point quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Pitts Point between 1999 and 2012, burning about 33 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 June 2000 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 March 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 February 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beech Grove | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Belmont | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Sharps (historical) | 6.3 miles | 20 | |
| Oak Grove | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Olivet (historical) | 6.6 miles | 20 | |
| Cupio | 6.8 miles | 20 | |
| Old Belmont (historical) | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Bullitt Lick (historical) | 6.9 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508831. 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.