BlockStop, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Zula-Powersburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42633. It stands on Ollie Branch. The Survey maps it on the Parnell quadrangle. It stands 1,017 feet above sea level. 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
7 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.
- 1911 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1914 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Parnell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Parnell quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
38 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Stop (historical) between 1998 and 2013, burning about 1,126 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 April 2013 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PLEASANT RIDGE |
| 10 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SLAT VIEW |
| 7 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsey Island | 0.1 miles | 14 | |
| Murl | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Cabell | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Susie | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Zula | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Wait | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Slat | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Gar (historical) | 4.2 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Stop (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7619675 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2570083. 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.