BlockTurkey Foot, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the McKee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40447. It stands on Hughes Fork. The Survey maps it on the McKee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Mc Kee quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
183 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 183 fires within 5 miles of Turkey Foot between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,402 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 109 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 109 |
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | GRENADE |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | WILD DOG |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | CARLTON ROAD #2 |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 45 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | GRASSY FORK |
| 12 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | STEER FORK |
| 1 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | HALE RIDGE #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Turkey Foot in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2011: 3 hail. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zion | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Sparks (historical) | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Macedonia | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Lakes | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Smith (historical) | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Huff (historical) | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Wind Cave | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Travis (historical) | 3.6 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 516622. 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.