BlockSideway, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Sandy Hook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41164. It stands on Licklog Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ault quadrangle. It stands 1,165 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1950 USGS Ault quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Ault quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
101 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Sideway between 1997 and 2020, burning about 920 acres in total. None started naturally. 24 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 | 45 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 May 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | UPPER CRANEY SPUR |
| 1 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BRINEGAR ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sideway: 2 prospects, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durham Fork Shale | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Porter School Shale | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Soldier Fork-Macabee Creek Mine 5 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| W.T. Caudill Strip Mine | Clay | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ault | 1.1 miles | 8 | |
| Beartown | 2.0 miles | 8 | |
| Ordinary | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Fannin Valley (historical) | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Clay Fork (historical) | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Stark | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Shady Grove (historical) | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Gimlet | 5.3 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 Sideway | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7508537 | 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 509055. 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.