BlockWyett, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Sandy Hook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40351. It lies near Bob Horton Hill. The Survey maps it on the Wrigley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Morehead quadrangle1:48000
- 1935 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Wrigley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Wrigley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
72 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Wyett between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,170 acres in total. None started naturally. 25 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MOBILE HOM |
| 7 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lytten | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Devil Fork (historical) | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Fannin Valley (historical) | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| The Ridge | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Spanglin | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Ordinary | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Bigstone | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Little Sandy | 5.1 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 516494. 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.