BlockBurkhart, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Hazel Green census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41301. It stands on Poor Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lee City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1889 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Lee City quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
156 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Burkhart between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,733 acres in total. None started naturally. 32 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 | 74 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CAMP BRANCH |
| 11 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burkhart in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2021: 2 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2015 | Flood | Burkhart | $1,000 | Arnoldsville Rd was flooded. The flood water had also entered a mobile home. |
| March 2021 | Flood | Burkhart | - | Part of KY-1094 is closed due to high water across the road from the Red River near the Burkhart community. |
| March 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Burkhart | - | A storm damage survey team from the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Jackson, Kentucky confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in Wolfe County a half a mile south of Burkhart at around 650 pm EST. The tornado crossed into western Magoffin county at around 651 pm EST. Only tree damage was observed in Wolfe County and no structures were affected. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf Pen (historical) | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Belknap | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Rosefork | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Lee City | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Upper Gillmore | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Helechawa | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Gillmore | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Lower Gillmore | 6.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507623. 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.