BlockRock Springs, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rochester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42256. It stands on Biggerstaff Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dunmor 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
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1911 USGS Dunmor quadrangle1:48000
- 1914 USGS Dunmor quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Dunmor quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Rock Springs (historical) between 1997 and 2016, burning about 193 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 June 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 17 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ANDERSON STORE |
| 25 March 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harreldsville | 0.5 miles | 11 | |
| Forgytown (historical) | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| Harper Crossroads | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Quality | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Zion (historical) | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| McPhersons (historical) | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Toy Spring (historical) | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Silver City | 5.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742349. 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.