BlockTrixie, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Oneida census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40972. It stands on Big Rooster Branch. The Survey maps it on the Oneida quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1891 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Oneida quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Oneida quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
170 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Trixie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,294 acres in total. None started naturally. 50 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 | 95 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BISHOPS BEND II |
| 24 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 54 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BISHOPS BEND |
| 21 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HORN HILL |
| 8 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trixie in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2021 | Flood | Trixie | - | Grassy Branch Creek is flooding over nearby roads, likely in the Grassy Branch community. A ditch approximately 5 feet deep is well overflowing. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Bend (historical) | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Teges | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Felty | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Alger | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Oneida | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Mouth of Little Sextons Creek (historical) | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Ammie | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Sextons Creek | 6.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 516024. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.