BlockRiders Mill, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Bonnieville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42784. It lies near Priddy Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Upton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1934 USGS Munfordville quadrangle1:48000
- 1937 USGS Munfordville quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Upton quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Upton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Upton quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Riders Mill between 1999 and 2019, burning about 148 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 | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Smoking | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PLEASANT HILL CHURCH |
| 31 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MILLERSTOWN ROAD |
| 30 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LONE OAK |
| 26 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WEESE FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priceville | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Lone Star | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Lines Mill | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Bonnieville | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Macon | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Vento | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Roseburg | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Kessinger | 7.5 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122556465 | 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 508935. 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.