BlockPointer, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Nancy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42544. It stands on Little Pointer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mintonville 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.
- 1953 USGS Mintonville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Pointer between 1998 and 2014, burning about 210 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 were 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 | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 17 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PORTER CREEK |
| 11 April 1999 | Natural | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pointer: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Concrete Stone Co. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pointer in 3 storm reports between 2020 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pointer | - | Pulaski county dispatch reported a tree blown down along Hwy-2993, in the vicinity of McLin Lane, just south of the Pointer community. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pointer | - | Trees were blown down along Hickory Nut Road in Pointer. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pointer | - | Dispatch reported a tree blown down on Piney Grove Road northeast of Nancy, as well as one on Kentucky Highway 837 near Cains Store. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508842. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.