BlockRock Creek, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Millerstown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42726. It stands on Grindstone Fork. The Survey maps it on the Clarkson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1925 USGS Cub Run quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Clarkson quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Clarkson quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
37 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Rock Creek between 1997 and 2019, burning about 647 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LONE OAK ROAD |
| 2 May 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | QUAIL HOLLOW |
| 4 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | INDIAN CLIFF |
| 24 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DOWNS SCHOOL ROAD |
| 2 April 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TIMBERLAND FIRE |
| 19 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GRAYSON SPRINGS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higdon | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Skaggstown | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Fragrant | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Snap | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Johnson Crossroads | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Royal | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Peonia | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Horntown | 3.5 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508951. 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.