BlockRight Fork of Long Fork, Kentucky
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Long Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41572. It stands on Yonts Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wheelwright quadrangle. It stands 1,489 feet above sea level. 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
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1890 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1914 USGS Vergie quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Wheelwright quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Wheelwright quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
181 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 181 fires within 5 miles of Right Fork of Long Fork (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 12,866 acres in total. None started naturally. 38 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 | 80 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 38 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LONG FORK VEIRGE |
| 29 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 22 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RHODES BRANCH |
| 23 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SOUTH HERITAGE RD. |
| 15 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speight | 0.4 miles | 19 | |
| Etty | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Marshall Branch (historical) | 1.9 miles | 19 | |
| Harley (historical) | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Lower Long Fork (historical) | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Hartley | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Turkey Pen (historical) | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Lionilli | 4.6 miles | 18 |
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 Right Fork of Long Fork (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7333503 | 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 2337005. 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.