BlockSnowden, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Southeast Clark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40391. It stands on Kings Fork. The Survey maps it on the Hedges 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
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1892 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Hedges quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Hedges quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Snowden (historical) between 2001 and 2019, burning about 79 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COPPERAS C |
| 8 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RED BIRD LANE |
| 26 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rightangle | 0.6 miles | 15 | |
| Trapp | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Midway (historical) | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Rabbit Town | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Ridge (historical) | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Log Lick | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Mina | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Agawam | 3.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2508525. 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.