BlockPruden, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Pruden-Fonde census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40940. It stands on Back Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eagan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1886 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Eagan quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Middlesboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
143 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Pruden between 1997 and 2020, burning about 11,493 acres in total. None started naturally. 71 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 71 |
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 77 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 May 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | HIGHCLIFT 2 |
| 6 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 April 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fonde | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Garmeada | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Capito | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Frakes | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Hamblim | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Henderson Grove | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Chenoa | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Yellow Creek | 5.9 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 501387. 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.