BlockPowder Mill, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hammonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42782. It lies near Puckett Knob. The Survey maps it on the Hudgins quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Hudgins quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hudgins quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Powder Mill between 2004 and 2019, burning about 75 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 March 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DIE RD. FIRE |
| 3 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 March 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RICE RD |
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 Powder Mill: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linwood | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Old Linwood (historical) | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Pike View | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Rio | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Jonesville | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Canmer | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Glen Lily | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Defries | 5.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508867. 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.