BlockSpruce Pine, Kentucky
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Mozelle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40840. It stands on Dry Fork. The Survey maps it on the Helton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 25 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.
- 1887 USGS Jonesville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Jonesville quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1903 USGS Harlan quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Harlan quadrangle1:48000
- 1919 USGS Harlan quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Helton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Helton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Middlesboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
163 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Spruce Pine between 1997 and 2020, burning about 11,210 acres in total. None started naturally. 32 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 | 69 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 500 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | POTATO KNOB |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BUCK HOLLOW FIRE |
| 24 June 2014 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COW CK |
| 1 May 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 84 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spruce Pine in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Spruce Pine | $100 | Department of highway officials reported quickly flowing water along a portion of Kentucky Highway 2058 near Spruce Pine, resulting in a mudslide. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saylor | 1.9 miles | 25 | |
| Warbranch | 2.3 miles | 25 | |
| Helton | 3.6 miles | 25 | |
| Mozelle | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Upper Laurel Fork (historical) | 6.9 miles | 25 | |
| Roark | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Chappell | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Lewis Creek | 8.2 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 515626. 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.
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.