BlockAnsel, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Science Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42553. It stands on Buncombe Branch. The Survey maps it on the Science Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1935 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Science Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Science Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Ansel between 1998 and 2015, burning about 181 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PALLET FIRE |
| 13 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WARE ROAD FIRE |
| 11 April 1999 | Natural | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 February 2002 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 February 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MULLINS ROAD |
| 22 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
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ansel in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ansel | $2,000 | A tree was blown across powerlines along KY-635 West, about 6 miles out of Science Hill. |
| May 2011 | Heavy Rain | Ansel | - | Three inches of rain fell in an area centralized between Science Hill, Bethelridge, Mintonville, and Windsor between 630 am and 236 pm. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Zion | 1.9 miles | 9 | |
| Hogue | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Kingbee | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Mangum | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Pulaski | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Science Hill | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Floyd | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Norwood | 5.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507403. 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.