BlockYarbro, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Nebo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42441. It stands on Yarbro Hill. The Survey maps it on the Slaughters quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1907 USGS Earlington quadrangle1:48000
- 1909 USGS Earlington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Earlington quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Slaughters quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Slaughtersville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Yarbro between 1997 and 2017, burning about 537 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TREE SWING |
| 7 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veazey | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Oakley Home (historical) | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Nebo | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Manitou | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Coiltown | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Oakliff Store (historical) | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Colitown Junction | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Johnson Island (historical) | 6.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743551. 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.