BlockSouthfork, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Sturgeon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41314. It stands on Lower Wolf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Booneville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1891 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Booneville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Booneville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
293 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 293 fires within 5 miles of Southfork between 1995 and 2020, burning about 8,765 acres in total. None started naturally. 64 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 | 162 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 64 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BISHOPS BEND II |
| 24 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 54 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BISHOPS BEND |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Southfork: 1 prospect. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crane Fork Valley Shale | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Southfork in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | Flood | Southfork | - | KY-2025 is closed between mile marker 5 and 6 due to high water across the road south of Booneville. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Southfork | - | Dispatch reported a tree blown down along Lower Wolfe Creek Road south of Booneville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogg Neighborhood (historical) | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Major | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Eversole | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Indian Creek Neighborhood (historical) | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Ricetown | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Conkling | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Chestnut Neighborhood (historical) | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Chestnut Gap | 3.1 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 515561. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.