BlockStraw, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Mammoth Cave census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42259. It stands on Mill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Nolin Lake quadrangle. It stands 804 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1925 USGS Cub Run quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dickeys Mills quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Nolin Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Nolin Reservoir quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Straw between 1993 and 2020, burning about 126 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CRE FIRE |
| 4 April 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mammoth Cave National Park | BLUFFS01 |
| 21 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KIDWELL FIRE |
| 2 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 April 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Mammoth Cave National Park | WET PRONG |
| 11 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PEACE ROAD |
| 10 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TARARD RD. |
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 Straw: 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bee Spring Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Johnson Mine Clay Pit | 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.
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 Straw | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7622357 | 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 509145. 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.