BlockRice Hill, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Sandgap census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40447. The Survey maps it on the Johnetta 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
6 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.
- 1893 USGS London quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS London quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Johnetta quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
105 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Rice Hill (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,083 acres in total. None started naturally. 24 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 | 43 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PINE GROVE CEMETERY FIRE |
| 7 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BEAN POLE FIRE #3 |
| 7 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PINE GROVE FIRE #2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Hill (historical) | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Morrill | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Threelinks | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Clover Bottom | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Hugh (historical) | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Eglon | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Durham Ridge (historical) | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Grove (historical) | 4.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2504951. 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.