BlockThe Ridge, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Sandy Hook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41171. It lies near The Jeff Knob. The Survey maps it on the Sandy Hook quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1950 USGS Sandy Hook quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Sandy Hook quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
78 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of The Ridge between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,340 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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 | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MOBILE HOM |
| 24 June 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HOWARDS CREEK |
| 4 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 130 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | B.L. LEWIS |
| 29 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lytten | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| Devil Fork (historical) | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| Bigstone | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Little Sandy | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Spanglin | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Faye | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Fannin Valley (historical) | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Wyett | 3.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509200. 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.