BlockRoyville, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Russell Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42642. It lies near Beckham Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Russell Springs quadrangle. It stands 1,079 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Russell Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Russell Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Royville between 1998 and 2019, burning about 89 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 April 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 April 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WHITE OAK |
| 11 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Springs | 1.2 miles | 9 | |
| Humble | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Sano | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Jericho | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Middletown | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Webbs Cross Roads | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Esto | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Sycamore Flat | 5.2 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Royville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14691190 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 502444. 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.