BlockStraight Creek, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Willard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41146. It stands on Katy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Grayson quadrangle. It stands 630 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1903 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Grayson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Grayson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
160 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Straight Creek between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,500 acres in total. None started naturally. 37 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 | 68 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KATIE ROAD |
| 21 June 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 70 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MARY BRANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Straight Creek: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitchens Works | Clay | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Savage | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Denton | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Davy Run (historical) | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Gollihue | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Reedville | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Hitchins | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Fairview Hill | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Johns Run | 2.7 miles | 15 |
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 Straight Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7620998 | 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 509144. 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.