BlockWhippoorwill, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Bradfordsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40009. It lies near Round Knob. The Survey maps it on the Bradfordsville NE quadrangle. It stands 804 feet above sea level. 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 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Bradfordsville NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Whippoorwill (historical) between 1998 and 2013, burning about 147 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HAYES |
| 2 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 March 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 March 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 March 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rush Branch (historical) | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Bradfordsville | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Medlock (historical) | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Salleetown | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Arbuckle (historical) | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Aurbuckle (historical) | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Peck Ford | 9.1 miles | 9 | |
| Riley | 9.2 miles | 6 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q14691507 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2547940. 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.