BlockWoodside, Kentucky
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Fedscreek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41554. It stands on Left Fork Levisa Fork. The Survey maps it on the Lick Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000
- 1890 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1915 USGS Regina quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Regina quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Regina quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1917 USGS Regina quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Lick Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Lick Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
159 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Woodside between 1997 and 2020, burning about 11,833 acres in total. None started naturally. 33 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 | 63 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HONEY FORK |
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 206 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GRAPEVINE |
| 26 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LAYNE BRANCH |
| 5 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GRAPEVINE MOUNTAIN |
| 9 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SLICK ROCK |
| 7 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROCKY RD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phyllis | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Lick Creek | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Republic | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Hurricane Branch (historical) | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Biggs | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Nigh | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Fishtrap (historical) | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Jonkan (historical) | 4.2 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509405. 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.