BlockRoseburg, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Munfordville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42729. It stands on Cane Run. The Survey maps it on the Cub Run quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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 Cub Run quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Cub Run quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Roseburg between 1998 and 2019, burning about 104 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PINEHURST BAY |
| 7 April 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WASHBURN FIRE |
| 6 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | NOLIN ESTATES FIRE |
| 6 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 April 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Windy | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Cub Run | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Dogcreek | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Lines Mill | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Macon | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Bee | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Winesap | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Priceville | 5.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508973. 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.