BlockWhispering Pines, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Lewisburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42256. It sits by Whiterock Cliff. The Survey maps it on the Rosewood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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 Rosewood quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Rosewood quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Whispering Pines between 1997 and 2016, burning about 206 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 August 2007 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 August 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 May 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiskey Bay | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Agnes | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Deer Lick | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Hollow Bill | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Diamond Springs | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Duncan Ridge (historical) | 3.9 miles | 7 | |
| Pogue (historical) | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Jerico | 4.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743107. 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.