BlockRedbud, Kentucky
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Harlan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40828. It stands on Pounding Mill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Evarts quadrangle. It stands 1,427 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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.
- 1887 USGS Jonesville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Jonesville quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1916 USGS Nolansburg quadrangle1:48000
- 1919 USGS Nolansburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1935 USGS Evarts quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evarts 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
- 1976 USGS Evarts quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Middlesboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
112 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Redbud between 1996 and 2020, burning about 13,773 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 32 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 | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOBSTER BRANCH |
| 27 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KILDAV FIR |
| 20 June 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 66 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 19 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BALL CEMETERY RD |
| 3 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RIVER RIDGE |
| 22 May 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woods | 0.5 miles | 24 | |
| Kenvir | 0.7 miles | 24 | |
| Darkmont | 1.1 miles | 24 | |
| River Ridge | 1.2 miles | 23 | |
| Evarts | 1.2 miles | 24 | |
| Short Town | 1.3 miles | 23 | |
| Black Mountain | 1.4 miles | 24 | |
| Bailey Creek | 1.8 miles | 23 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Redbud | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7305516 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 501678. 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.