BlockUnion Ridge, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Fairdealing census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42025. It stands on Billie Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fairdealing 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
7 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.
- 1936 USGS Golden Pond quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Hiatt quadrangle1:24000
- 1940 USGS Hiatt quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Fairdealing quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Golden Pond quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Union Ridge (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 270 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | FENTON 26 |
| 30 July 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OLIVER |
| 9 May 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | SUGAR |
| 28 May 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | FENTON |
| 24 May 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | FENTON |
| 12 May 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 81 acres | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | HIGGINS |
| 25 April 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | HIGGINS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Union Ridge (historical): 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Payne Chert | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Jonathan Creek Clay | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Unity | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Olive | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Fairdealing | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Joppa | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Hardin | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Monkey Den (historical) | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Glade | 7.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743737. 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.