BlockRays Branch, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Bowling Green census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42101. It stands on Rays Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bowling Green North 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 15 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.
- 1922 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1923 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Bowling Green North quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Bowling Green North quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Bowling Green North quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Bowling Green North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Rays Branch (historical) between 1998 and 2014, burning about 213 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 March 1998 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 60 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOUISVILLE ROAD FIRE |
| 13 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 22 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 March 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 Rays Branch (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Brothers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greencastle | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Richardsville | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Barren River | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Delafield | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Anna | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sand Hill | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Bowling Green | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Plum Springs | 5.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742809. 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.