BlockShelton, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Dixon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42404. The Survey maps it on the Bordley 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.
- 1907 USGS Morganfield quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Bordley quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Bordley quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Shelton between 2001 and 2016, burning about 50 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 February 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BUD ASHER MOONEY RD. |
| 19 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 November 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TREE FIRE |
| 6 October 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shelton in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Lightning | Shelton | 1 hurt | A man was slightly injured when lightning struck a tree near him, shocking him and throwing him backward. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearin | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Free Union | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Little Zion | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Williams | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Tilden | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Clay | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Wheatcroft | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Dixon | 6.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509046. 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.
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.