BlockStewarts Ridge, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lewisburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42256. It stands on Duck Lick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lewisburg 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
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1951 USGS Lewisburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Stewarts Ridge (historical) between 2005 and 2014, burning about 71 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 June 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 April 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOGAN RAILROAD |
| 17 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 March 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | EPLEY STATION |
| 10 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 February 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Stewarts Ridge (historical): 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frazier Hollow Prospect | Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Kentucky Flagstone Company Quarry | Silica | Past Producer |
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 2743102. 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.