BlockChandlers Chapel, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Auburn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42206. The Survey maps it on the Homer quadrangle. It stands 630 feet above sea level.
On record in Chandlers Chapel
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- David Sawyer Houselisted 1987 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1951 USGS Homer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Chandlers Chapel between 2000 and 2014, burning about 47 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | STAMPS FIR |
| 4 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HOUCHINS RD. |
| 14 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 March 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 October 2010 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BARN FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chandlers Chapel in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 1 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Chandlers Chapel | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chandlers Chapel | - | A tree was down on KY 79. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Chandlers Chapel | - | New Valley Road was impassable due to heavy rain. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Hollow | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Homer | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Gasper | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Oak Grove (historical) | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Costelow | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Sugar Grove (historical) | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Cedar Grove (historical) | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Insco | 4.4 miles | 8 |
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 Chandlers Chapel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16858936 | The 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 489328. 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.