BlockWethington, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Casey Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42728. The Survey maps it on the Clementsville 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
4 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.
- 1952 USGS Clementsville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
35 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Wethington (historical) between 1998 and 2019, burning about 362 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 | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COOPER RIDGE ROAD |
| 9 April 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CHRISTIAN |
| 4 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HUNTING HILLS |
| 23 April 2001 | Smoking | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 April 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RUTH RANDOLPH RD. FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnett Springs | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Casey Creek | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Pellyton | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Feathersburg | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Knifley | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Neatsville | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Dunbar Hill | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Eunice | 5.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743417. 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.