BlockAshbrook, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Southwest Anderson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40342. It stands on Tucker Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ashbrook quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1952 USGS Ashbrook quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Ashbrook quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Ashbrook between 2002 and 2004, burning about 140 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 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ashbrook in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2015: 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Ashbrook | $30,000 | Heavy rains of up to 5 inches brought flooding to the intersection of Puncheon Creek Road and State Highway 53. Nearby, a house and a church were flooded. An overpass on State Highway 53 was damaged by flooding. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashbrook | - | A law enforcement official reported several trees down on Fairview Road. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Ashbrook | - | Local law enforcement reported that flooding closed Willisburg Road for around an hour starting shortly after midnight local time. |
| March 2002 | Hail | Ashbrook | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinai | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Klondyke | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Ballard | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Johnsonville | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Hickory Grove | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Jefferies (historical) | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Fairview | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Drydock | 4.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 486076. 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.