Ashlock, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kettle-Peytonsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42717. It stands on Ashlock Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Dale Hollow Dam quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1924 USGS Lillydale quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Lillydale quadrangle1:62500
- 1929 USGS Lillydale quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Dale Hollow Dam quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
80 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Ashlock between 1998 and 2017, burning about 1,128 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JUNGLE |
| 23 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 29 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LEONARD WATSON FIRE |
| 12 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | ROCK SPRINGS RD |
| 11 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 31 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Ashlock: 10 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Oil Shale, Uranium, Oil Shale, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Well-Sphalerite Occurrence | Zinc | Occurrence | Sphalerite | |
| Deep Well-Sphalerite Occurrence | Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Outcrop Sample For Uranium | Uranium, Oil Shale | Occurrence | ||
| Outcrop Sample For Uranium | Uranium, Oil Shale | Occurrence | ||
| Outcrop Sample For Uranium | Uranium, Oil Shale | Occurrence | ||
| Outcrop Sample For Uranium | Uranium, Oil Shale | Occurrence | ||
| Outcrop Sample For Uranium | Uranium, Oil Shale | Occurrence | ||
| Outcrop Sample For Uranium | Uranium, Oil Shale | Occurrence | ||
| Outcrop Sample For Uranium | Uranium, Oil Shale | Occurrence | ||
| Outcrop Sample For Uranium | Uranium, Oil Shale | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ashlock in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Ashlock | $50,000 | This small tornado destoryed one outbuilding and tore roof panels off another before crossing the state line into the Pearidge area of Tennessee just west of Dale Hollow Lake. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peytonsburg | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Poplar Grove (historical) | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Littrell | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Bear Wallow Ridge (historical) | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Stalcup | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Judio | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Kettle | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Tanbark | 7.2 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122539695 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507420. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.






