BlockRoutt, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Floyds Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40299. It stands on Sheckels Run. The Survey maps it on the Fisherville 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.
- 1929 USGS Taylorsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Fisherville quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Fisherville quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Fisherville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Routt between 1999 and 2014, burning about 51 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MARKWELL RD. FIRE |
| 20 March 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BROAD RUN |
| 12 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 October 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MASTERS LANE FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seatonville | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Hopewell | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Fisherville | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Clark | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Glenmary | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Brentlinger | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Tucker Station | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Fairmount | 5.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508981. 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.