BlockBig Rock, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Cutshin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41777. It stands on Low Gap Branch. The Survey maps it on the Leatherwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1891 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1916 USGS Cornettsville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Leatherwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
100 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Big Rock between 1994 and 2020, burning about 9,217 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 150 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 118 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Big Rock in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2019: 3 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2019 | Heavy Rain | Big Rock | $55,000 | The Department of Highways reported Kentucky Highway 699 dropped 15 to 18 feet over a length of 140 feet at the mouth of Kentucky Highway 221 near the Perry County line. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Big Rock | $1,000 | Six to eight inches of water was flowing over Wolf Creek Rd. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Big Rock | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Big Rock | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Big Rock | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 510686. 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.