BlockPoint Pleasant, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pleasureville census division. It stands on McElwain Creek. The Survey maps it on the Franklinton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1928 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:48000
- 1932 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Franklinton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Point Pleasant between 2002 and 2011, burning about 108 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 July 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 97 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 February 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RAISOR |
| 4 October 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethlehem | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| North Pleasureville | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| New Castle | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Franklinton | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Saltwater (historical) | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Bellview | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Delville | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Eminence | 4.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2568643. 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.