BlockSpring Creek, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Ashers Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40914. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Creekville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1891 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Creekville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Creekville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
195 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Spring Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,470 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 119 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 119 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | SAWDUST |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | BOWENS TRASH |
| 24 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 270 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | BRUSHY FIRE |
| 17 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | TREE |
| 12 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 150 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | MAYBERRY MORE |
| 29 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | SUGAR |
| 23 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 June 2007 | Natural | 21 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | SPRINGS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creekville | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Marcum | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Queendale | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Ashers Fork | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Plank | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Peabody | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Gardner | 6.5 miles | 18 | |
| Brightshade | 6.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 515609. 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.