BlockRoberta, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Battletown-Payneville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40104. The Survey maps it on the Alton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1950 USGS Alton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Alton quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Alton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Alton quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Alton quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Roberta between 1999 and 2015, burning about 82 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Hoosier National Forest | HIGH WALL |
| 20 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | BUZZARD ROOST |
| 17 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | LIBERTY |
| 11 June 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | BIRDS CEMETERY |
| 7 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Hoosier National Forest | YEOMAN |
| 6 April 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | CORNFIELD |
| 7 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | ORIOLE POND |
| 7 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Roberta: 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fluorite Occurrences | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Fluorite | |
| Wolf Creek Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Cape Sandy Quarry #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Riverside Mine | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf Creek | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Concordia | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Beechland | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Cedar Flat | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Andyville | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Rhodelia | 7.2 miles | 16 | |
| Peckenpaugh (historical) | 7.6 miles | 21 | |
| Battletown | 8.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508949. 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.