BlockValley Oak, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Eubank census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42503. It lies near Flat Lick Knob. The Survey maps it on the Shopville 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.
- 1893 USGS London quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS London quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Shopville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Valley Oak between 1998 and 2019, burning about 168 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 March 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GRUNDY |
| 20 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 22 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 Valley Oak: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulaski Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122552111 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 516172. 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.