BlockPreston, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Battletown-Payneville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40176. The Survey maps it on the Lodiburg quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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 Hardinsburg quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Lodiburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Lodiburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Preston (historical) between 2002 and 2019, burning about 168 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BRUNER VALLEY ROAD |
| 6 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DEAD HORSE HOLLOW FIRE |
| 11 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhodelia | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Arnold (historical) | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Payneville | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Andyville | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Liberty | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Sirocco | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Concordia | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Lodale | 7.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742594. 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.