BlockBlevins, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Blaine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41124. It stands on Coalbank Branch. The Survey maps it on the Mazie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1903 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Mazie quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
76 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Blevins between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,472 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 22 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 | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MILL CREEK |
| 4 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SCHOOL HOUSE BRANCH |
| 1 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blevins in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2018: 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 2018 | Flood | Blevins | $5,000 | Several small creeks came out of their banks, with water getting into roads and yards. Birch Branch of Brushy Creek flooded, as well as the Little Fork of Blaine Creek, where water made it into one basement. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Blevins | - | Minor flash flooding occurred in a few locations in the Blaine area. Cains Creek came out of its banks and blocked Cains Creek Road. A flooded culvert blocked Ash Branch Road. The Left Fork of Little Blaine Creek rose out of its banks and flooded the intersection of Shirt Tail Fork Road and Left Fork Little Blaine Creek Road. Big Branch Road was also blocked by Big Branch Creek. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hannah | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Cherokee | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Cam Creek (historical) | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Houckville | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Orr | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Martha | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Blaine | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Mazie | 4.9 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507524. 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.