BlockScale, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Calvert City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42025. It stands on Bee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Briensburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1936 USGS Benton quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Briensburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1938 USGS Briensburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Benton quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Briensburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1969 USGS Briensburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Scale between 1998 and 2016, burning about 204 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WHISPERING HILLS |
| 23 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LITTLE BEAR CREEK FIRE |
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MARSHALL |
| 27 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | STORY CEME |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Scale: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briensburg Shale | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scale in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 1 flood, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Scale | $400,000 | In Benton, a street was washed out, and there were numerous homes with flooded garages and basements. Most of the flooding was near creeks that run through town. South of Benton, a bridge was washed out on the northern end of Highway 783 where it crosses a creek. A 24-hour rainfall amount of 7.50 inches was reported just southeast of Benton. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scale | $45,000 | Straight-line winds produced damage roughly along a line west of Draffenville. Barn collapses occurred on Griggstown Rd and Foust Sledd Rd while big tree limbs were blown across roads into fields on Oak Valley Rd. |
| March 2010 | Flood | Scale | $4,000 | Flooding of the Clarks River closed a section of rural road a few miles northwest of Benton. Although the road was blocked by a locked gate, a motorist managed to open the gate. The motorist proceeded to park on the side of the road to launch a kayak in the river. A second motorist drove past the open gate and stalled out in the river. The county rescue squad was called out with its swift water rescue boat, which turned out to not be needed. Three teenagers and a puppy were brought to shore with a four-wheel drive vehicle and safety ropes. Water was pouring into the passenger side of the car, which was about 50 yards from dry land. Dispatchers instructed the teenagers to remain in the vehicle until help arrived. The car was towed away with water damage. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Scale | - | Nickel-size hail was reported about four miles north of Benton. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Draffenville | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Briensburg | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Iola | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Middle Fork (historical) | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Griggstown (historical) | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Benton | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Tatumsville | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Palma | 4.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 503032. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.