BlockPuncheon, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the West Magoffin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41465. It stands on Left Fork Puncheon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Seitz 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
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1889 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Seitz quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Seitz quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
223 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 223 fires within 5 miles of Puncheon (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 7,028 acres in total. None started naturally. 39 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 107 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MIDDLE PUNCHEON |
| 25 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 June 2000 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 June 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GOSE BRANC |
| 1 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COW CRK. CHURCH |
| 1 May 2010 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PUNCHEON CREEK RD |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2339116. 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.