BlockWells, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Rosewood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42345. The Survey maps it on the Drakesboro quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1911 USGS Drakesboro quadrangle1:48000
- 1913 USGS Drakesboro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Drakesboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Drakesboro quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Drakesboro quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
46 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Wells between 1998 and 2019, burning about 277 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DOG LADY |
| 7 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BEECH CREEK |
| 30 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SHORT BLAC |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leighs (historical) | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Little Mountain (historical) | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Carters Creek (historical) | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Beech Creek | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Belton | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Beechmont | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Myers Chapel (historical) | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Rosewood | 3.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509336. 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.