BlockSimmons, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the McHenry-Rockport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42320. It stands on Southards Creek. The Survey maps it on the Paradise quadrangle. It stands 443 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1909 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paradise quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Paradise quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
63 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Simmons between 1998 and 2020, burning about 5,145 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 70 FIRE |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,400 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 265 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | NELSON CREEK 2 |
| 28 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1,200 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DEAD DEER |
| 26 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 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.
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 Simmons | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14691234 | 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 509062. 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.