BlockSlatey, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Morehead census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40351. It lies near Green Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Farmers 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
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1929 USGS Salt Lick quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Salt Lick quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Farmers quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Farmers quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
52 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Slatey (historical) between 1994 and 2018, burning about 390 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 August 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 June 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | GEORGE 2 |
| 22 May 1997 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | NO WAY |
| 5 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | EXIT 133 |
| 3 April 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 April 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | not named |
| 20 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Slatey (historical): 4 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fern Creek Stone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Eastside Roadcut Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Ellitoville Gully | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Indian Creek Iron Track | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Rose Run Iron Tract | Iron | Prospect |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2127226. 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.