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Chambers, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Patesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42348. The Survey maps it on the Pellville quadrangle.

Chambers within Hancock County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

12 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Chambers between 1999 and 2019, burning about 97 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning3
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
24 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryOPEN PIT
12 September 1999Smoking2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 August 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 April 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 April 2013Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryOAK ROAD
30 March 1999Equipment and vehicle use12 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hancock 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 Chambers: 2 unknowns. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cannelton MineClayUnknown
Lewisport Mine No. 3ClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Hancock County

Storms near this place

7 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chambers in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
March 2012Tornado (EF1)Chambers$40,000This tornado had intermittent touchdowns along a long track that began 7 miles west of Cloverport. It traveled in Hancock County for 6 miles before entering Breckinridge County 1 mile west of Cloverport. The tornado first touched down along Route 2181. Vinyl siding was removed from a home and small outbuildings were damaged. It then continued eastward, intermittently touching down and crossing Route 69. Four miles west of Cloverport, additional minor damage was surveyed to a group of homes along Route 2169. This tornado brought EF-1 damage to Hancock County.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindChambers-A tree was down on power lines.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindChambers-A tree was blown down near the intersection of Middle Knottsville Road and Storm Road.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindChambers-Trees and power lines blew down.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindChambers-A tree was blown down by strong thunderstorm winds.
March 2017Flash FloodChambers-The public reported flooding on Highway 2181 and the roadway was closed between mile markers 4 and 5.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindChambers-Trees and power lines down

Every storm recorded in Hancock 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
Goering2.8 miles17
Floral3.7 miles17
Hawesville4.6 miles22
Weberstown4.6 miles17
Dukes4.7 miles14
Arrington Corner4.7 miles14
Scuffletown (historical)4.7 miles14
Patesville5.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507682. 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.