BlockSixth Vein, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Dawson Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42408. The Survey maps it on the Coiltown quadrangle. It stands 505 feet above sea level.
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 Earlington quadrangle1:48000
- 1909 USGS Earlington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Coiltown quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Earlington quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
29 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Sixth Vein between 1999 and 2017, burning about 341 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LONE TREE FIRE |
| 24 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BULAH 109 |
| 9 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LIGHTNING |
| 13 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BURNT BUZZ |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beulah | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Fiddle Bow | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Charleston | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Rabbit Ridge | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Walnut Grove (historical) | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Richland | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Kirkwood Springs | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Ilsley | 4.9 miles | 12 |
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 Sixth Vein | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7533194 | 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 509067. 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.