BlockPleasureville, 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 lies near Sugar Loaf Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Burtonville quadrangle.
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
17 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Pleasureville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 139 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 June 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 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 |
| 1 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BEECHY CREEK ROAD |
| 31 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GRIFFIN SPUR |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foxport | 0.6 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Carmel | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Beechburg | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Pea Ridge (historical) | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Dalesburg | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Poplar Grove | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Wallingford | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Carpentersville (historical) | 5.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 500959. 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.