BlockScotts Chapel, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Clementsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42539. It lies near Alien Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Clementsville 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.
- 1952 USGS Clementsville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
31 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Scotts Chapel (historical) between 1998 and 2017, burning about 379 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CHRISTIAN |
| 7 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 April 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Oak Ridge (historical) | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Caney Fork (historical) | 2.0 miles | 7 | |
| Pine Grove (historical) | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Woodrum Ridge (historical) | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Atterson | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Sulphur Run (historical) | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Martin Creek (historical) | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Snake Ridge (historical) | 5.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2568477. 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.