BlockStiles, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the New Haven census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40051. It lies near Mount Pisgah. The Survey maps it on the Howardstown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Howardstown quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Stiles between 1998 and 2017, burning about 155 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 April 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 March 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 210 FIRE |
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 Stiles: 2 prospects. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway 84 Roadcut | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Rolling Fork Roadcut | Clay | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howardstown | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| New Hope | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Gethsemane | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| New Haven | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Samuel Pottinger Settlement (historical) | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Clarktown (historical) | 9.9 miles | 8 | |
| Blue Gap | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| Culvertown | 12.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509130. 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.