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Allendale, Kentucky

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Summersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42782. It stands on Brush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Summersville quadrangle.

Allendale within Green County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

15 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Allendale between 1998 and 2019, burning about 293 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2010Recreation and ceremony35 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMASON FIRE.
8 March 2010Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 March 1998Arson/incendiarism125 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 March 2009Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 March 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 March 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Green County

Storms near this place

10 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allendale in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2020Thunderstorm WindAllendale$1,000The emergency manager reported that a small metal shed was destroyed.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindAllendale-Highway 61 was blocked by downed tree limbs.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindAllendale-A few trees blew down in the Allendale Community.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindAllendale-Trees were reported down on Highway 61 near Allendale.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindAllendale-Power lines were reported down due to strong winds.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindAllendale-Trees were downed.
March 2020HailAllendale-no account filed
April 2007Thunderstorm WindAllendale-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindAllendale-no account filed
January 1997HailAllendale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Green County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Bloyds Crossing0.9 miles10
Bloyd2.4 miles9
Coakley2.5 miles9
Lobb3.7 miles8
Summersville3.7 miles10
Gabe4.4 miles10
Hudgins5.4 miles8
Wards6.3 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507387. 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.