BlockSaint Francis, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Loretto census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40037. It lies near Flag Knob. The Survey maps it on the Loretto quadrangle. It stands 705 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Loretto quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Saint Francis between 2004 and 2016, burning about 158 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SPENCER HAMILTON |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 February 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HAZY DOWNS RD. FIRE |
| 27 February 2012 | Debris and open burning | 39 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SULPHER LI |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loretto | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Dant | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Nerinx | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Downs (historical) | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Holy Cross | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Sulpher Lick Creek (historical) | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Frogtown | 3.8 miles | 6 | |
| Gandertown | 4.4 miles | 8 |
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 Saint Francis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q24191606 | 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 517029. 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.