BlockWells Creek, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Sandy Hook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41171. It stands on Pruetts Fork. The Survey maps it on the Sandy Hook 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 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.
- 1950 USGS Sandy Hook quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Sandy Hook quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
79 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Wells Creek (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 2,852 acres in total. None started naturally. 24 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 | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 June 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HOWARDS CREEK |
| 4 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 130 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | B.L. LEWIS |
| 29 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DEADLING BRANCH |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bascom | 0.7 miles | 10 | |
| Little Sandy | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| Faye | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Spanglin | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Roscoe | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Sandy Hook | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| The Ridge | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Bell City | 4.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2337155. 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.