BlockVineyard, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Jetson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42275. It stands on Greenfield Branch. The Survey maps it on the Reedyville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1922 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1923 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Reedyville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
31 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Vineyard between 2000 and 2018, burning about 512 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BLADDER FI |
| 4 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SLEEPY HOLLOW |
| 7 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whittinghill | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Centhro (historical) | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Jetson | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Horsemill | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Love | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Lee | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Greenwood (historical) | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Millshed (historical) | 4.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509291. 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.