BlockTaters Chapel, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Gradyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42728. It stands on Cool Springs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gradyville 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
5 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 Gradyville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Gradyville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Taters Chapel (historical) between 1998 and 2017, burning about 346 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KELTNERTOWN |
| 12 April 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 61N FIRE |
| 8 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BRAMLETT |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland | 1.9 miles | 9 | |
| Pickett | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Gradyville | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Milltown | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Keltner | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Weed | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Bliss | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Prices Creek (historical) | 4.9 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743413. 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.