BlockCarpenter, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Siler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40769. It stands on Lick Fork. The Survey maps it on the Frakes quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1886 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1952 USGS Frakes quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Middlesboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
310 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 310 fires within 5 miles of Carpenter between 1997 and 2020, burning about 23,926 acres in total. None started naturally. 64 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 | 172 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 66 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 64 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 265 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DINK RIDGE |
| 5 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 225 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GOLDENS CREEK |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 24 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GOLDEN CREEK STRIP |
| 2 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JOHNSON RIDGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Carpenter: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louden Shale | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carpenter in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carpenter | $10,000 | Trees were blown down near the intersection of KY Highways 11 and 92 near the Knox and Whitley county line. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carpenter | $5,000 | Trees were blown down onto Highway 92 near Mossy Gap by winds estimated at 61 mph. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carpenter | - | Trees were reported to have been blown down on Lick Fork Road in eastern Whitely County. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carpenter | - | Dispatch relayed a report of a tree blown down at the junction of Highways 92 and 1809 in Siler. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Carpenter | - | 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 507657. 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.