BlockRush Branch, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Elkfork-Ophir census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41421. It stands on Rush Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lenox 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
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1889 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Lenox quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Lenox quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Lenox quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
92 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Rush Branch (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 2,726 acres in total. None started naturally. 28 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 | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROUTE 7 |
| 15 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 June 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenox | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Caskey Settement (historical) | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Redwine | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Elkfork | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Pomp | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Elamton | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| West Liberty | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Wrigley | 4.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2362591. 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.