BlockWebbs, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Donansburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42743. It stands on Camp Branch. The Survey maps it on the Summersville quadrangle.
On record in Webbs
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
- Simpson Log Houselisted 1984
- Webbs Female Academylisted 1984
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Summersville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Summersville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Webbs between 1999 and 2020, burning about 262 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOBB BEND |
| 6 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 47 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BRAMBLE HU |
| 6 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SAM GENTRY |
| 31 March 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donansburg | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Grab | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Gabe | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Thurlow | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Pierce | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Eve | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Greensburg | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Summersville | 5.5 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509328. 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.