BlockWysox, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the McHenry-Rockport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42320. It lies near Pilot Knob (historic). The Survey maps it on the Paradise quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1909 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paradise quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Paradise quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
44 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Wysox between 1998 and 2014, burning about 5,426 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,400 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1,200 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DEAD DEER |
| 23 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 450 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 2 LEG FIRE |
| 18 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CROSS ROAD |
| 5 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wysox in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2018 | Flood | Wysox | - | The Green River at Rochester went into minor flood. The river crested at 17.3 feet which is 0.30 feet above flood stage. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wysox | - | Ohio County emergency management reported several trees downed near the small town of Wysox. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cool Springs | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Shultztown | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Highview | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Nineteen | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Scottown | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Echols | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Prentiss | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Ken Wye | 5.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509415. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.