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Calvin, Kentucky

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Pineville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40813. It stands on Hances Creek. The Survey maps it on the Varilla quadrangle. It stands 1,079 feet above sea level.

Calvin within Bell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 27 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

159 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Calvin between 1997 and 2020, burning about 7,131 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 27 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 burning59
Missing data/not specified/undetermined53
Arson/incendiarism27
Recreation and ceremony13
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryTANYARD HILL
6 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2007Recreation and ceremony15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 September 2007Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 August 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 June 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bell County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Calvin: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hana Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mayfield MineClayProducer

Every working recorded in Bell County

Storms near this place

10 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Calvin in 10 storm reports between 2010 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2018Thunderstorm WindCalvin$25,000The Kentucky Department of Highways and local dispatch reported trees blown down from Calvin to Callaway along U.S. Highway 119. A home and vehicle were both damaged in Calvin as trees fell on both of them.
May 2010FloodCalvin$4,000Route 1344 was covered with water in most areas with some trees down as well.
March 2015FloodCalvin$1,000Yellow Creek left its banks and flooded Hwy 1534 near the community of Page Cutoff.
July 2015Flash FloodCalvin$1,000Davis and Oxedine Roads were washed out due to flash flooding.
March 2021FloodCalvin-Hwy 1344 near the Calvin community is impassable due to water from Hances Creek overflowing onto it.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindCalvin-Dispatch reported multiple trees blown down along U.S. Highway 119 near Calvin.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindCalvin-There were trees blown down along KY highway 987 one mile off US 119 on Brownies Creek Road three miles southwest of Miracle.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindCalvin-A member of the public reported a measure wind gust of 64 mph in Calvin.
June 2010Heavy RainCalvin-A member of the public estimated that 1 to 1.25 inches of rain fell in Calvin along with penny size hail.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindCalvin-Several trees were blown down in Calvin.

Every storm recorded in Bell 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
Ponza1.1 miles25
Varilla1.7 miles27
East Pineville2.7 miles25
Harbell2.8 miles25
Miracle3.3 miles18
Oaks3.5 miles27
Ferndale3.8 miles25
Jenson3.8 miles18

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.

Wikipedia article on CalvinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30621982The 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 488650. 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.