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Cabell, Kentucky

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Zula-Powersburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42633. It lies near The Lonnie Hollow (historical). The Survey maps it on the Cumberland City quadrangle.

Cabell within Wayne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

57 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Cabell between 1998 and 2014, burning about 3,330 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism10
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use11 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2008Debris and open burning98 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2008Debris and open burning15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 August 1999Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 July 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryHUFFAKER F
25 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined21 acresKentucky Division of ForestryROWENEA
7 April 2001Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

4 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cabell in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2021Tornado (EF1)Cabell$40,000The tornado narrowed as it crossed from Clinton County (Louisville, KY County Warning Area) into Wayne County, with some straight line wind damage noted. The winds|generally were from the west to southwest surrounding the tornado.|The straight line winds of 65 to 75 mph damaged 2 barns.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindCabell$500A citizen observed a tree down on Old Sawmill Road in Cabell off of Kentucky Highway 1546. This caused some fence damage on a property.
June 2015HailCabell-Golf ball size hail occurred in Murl near Hwy 1546.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindCabell-Two trees down.

Every storm recorded in Wayne County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Stop (historical)1.9 miles14
Ramsey Island1.9 miles14
Gar (historical)2.4 miles10
Murl2.9 miles14
Parnell4.1 miles14
Wait4.4 miles14
Susie4.6 miles14
Zula4.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507633. 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.