BlockWalkers Crossing, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Mount Sterling census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40353. It lies near Foley Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Preston 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 Preston quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Preston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
39 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Walkers Crossing (historical) between 2000 and 2020, burning about 281 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 May 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antioch Church (historical) | 1.5 miles | 8 | |
| Hope | 1.5 miles | 8 | |
| Lower Spencer | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Spencer Village (historical) | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Upper Spencer | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Howards Mill | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Jeffersonville | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Lucky Stop | 4.4 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2491657. 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.