BlockWhickliffe Forge, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Owingsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40360. It stands on Naylor Creek. The Survey maps it on the Colfax 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
7 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.
- 1929 USGS Salt Lick quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Salt Lick quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Whickliffe Forge (historical) between 1999 and 2018, burning about 187 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 April 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LITTLE SANDY RD. |
| 11 April 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ADAMS RD FIRE |
| 1 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PEASTICKS |
| 28 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Whickliffe Forge (historical): 5 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clover Creek Iron Tract | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Horton-North Iron Tract | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Horton-South Iron Tract | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Indian Creek Iron Track | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Rose Run Iron Tract | Iron | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slate Valley | 0.1 miles | 10 | |
| Peasticks | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| Red Bush (historical) | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Owingsville | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Ore Mines (historical) | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Shrout (historical) | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Harpers (historical) | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Pittsburgh (historical) | 3.5 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2416521. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.