BlockRoper, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Wingo-Water Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42088. The Survey maps it on the Water Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1952 USGS Water Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Water Valley quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1969 USGS Water Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Roper between 1997 and 2019, burning about 769 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 500 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BARD ROAD |
| 2 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CORNFIELD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Roper: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bards Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holifield | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Water Valley | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Wingo | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Feliciana | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Baltimore | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Pilot Oak | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Stubblefield | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Pryorsburg | 7.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508968. 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.