BlockMarkland, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in York Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47020. It stands on Log Lick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Florence quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1943 USGS Florence quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Florence quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Florence quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Markland between 2004 and 2009, burning about 5 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Markland in 6 storm reports between 2016 and 2022: 4 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | Flood | Markland | 1 killed, $20,000 | A vehicle was swept away while driving through a low a water crossing along Bud Ballard Road, resulting in one fatality. F55VE. |
| May 2018 | Flash Flood | Markland | $3,000 | Heavy rain caused a mudslide onto Markland Pike. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Markland | $500 | A large tree was downed onto Atkinson Hill Road near Markland Pike. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Markland | - | Markland Pike was closed due to high water. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Markland | - | Water was reported flowing across a portion of Markland Pike and along Log Lick Road, including near the intersection with Bethel Ridge Road. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Markland | - | A portion of Markland Pike was closed due to high water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florence | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Center Square | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Jacksonville | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Sterling | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Vevay | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Quercus Grove | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| East Enterprise | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Allensville | 6.5 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 438623. 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.