BlockTunnel City, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Waynesburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40442. It lies near Kings Knob. The Survey maps it on the Halls Gap 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 8 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.
- 1952 USGS Halls Gap quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Halls Gap quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
55 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Tunnel City (historical) between 1998 and 2018, burning about 688 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CARPENTER HOLLOW |
| 2 May 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MCQUEEN |
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 Tunnel City (historical): 1 prospect. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arabia Roadcut | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Mountain | 0.8 miles | 8 | |
| Pleasant Point (historical) | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Greenbriar (historical) | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| South Fork | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Pond (historical) | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Waynesburg | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Walnut Grove (historical) | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| New Salem | 4.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742227. 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.