BlockWhite Sulpher, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Salt Lick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40371. It stands on White Sulphur Branch. The Survey maps it on the Salt Lick 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 Salt Lick quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Salt Lick quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of White Sulpher (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 779 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | PICNIC |
| 22 May 1997 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | NO WAY |
| 9 April 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | GRAVEYARD BRANCH |
| 7 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | TWIN KNOBS |
| 6 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JOHNSON BRANCH |
| 3 April 2010 | Smoking | 198 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | CLEAR CREEK |
| 21 April 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | not named |
| 14 April 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of White Sulpher (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fern Creek Stone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Creek Furnace | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| Lower Salt Lick (historical) | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Upper Salt Lick (historical) | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Suddith (historical) | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Salt Lick | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Black Sulpher Spring (historical) | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Olympia Springs | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Pine Grove (historical) | 4.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2416524. 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.