Porter, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Stamping Ground census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40370. The Survey maps it on the Sadieville 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.
- 1939 USGS Sadieville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Sadieville quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Sadieville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Porter between 1999 and 2019, burning about 39 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WOLF BRANCH INTERSTATE FIRE |
| 3 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LEANING OAK |
| 8 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 November 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 October 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | THE LATIN CONSPIRACY FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biddle | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Josephine | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Double Culvert | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Sadieville | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Longlick | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Stonewall | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Mallard Point | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Suterville | 5.3 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508858. 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.





