BlockWhetstone, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Shopville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42501. It stands on Vanhook Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dykes quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1893 USGS London quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS London quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Dykes quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Dykes quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Whetstone between 1995 and 2020, burning about 968 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 484 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | ROCKCASTLE FIRE |
| 26 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | BURNT CAR |
| 15 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | GONE |
| 15 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | BIG ROCK |
| 2 May 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 May 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 516285. 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.