BlockRowes Store, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Gradyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42728. It lies near Bird Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Amandaville 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
4 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.
- 1953 USGS Amandaville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Rowes Store (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 131 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BIRD ROAD |
| 30 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.1 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GREENBRIAR |
| 25 March 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HUGHES RD. FIRE |
| 21 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bird (historical) | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Chance | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Walnut Grove (historical) | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Fairplay | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Sparksville | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Flatwood | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Estep | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Firkin (historical) | 3.5 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743407. 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.