Chappell, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Mozelle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40808. It stands on Robin Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cutshin quadrangle. It stands 1,033 feet above sea level.
On record in Chappell
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 1 record
John Shell Cabinlisted 1975
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1891 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1916 USGS Hyden quadrangle1:48000
- 1919 USGS Hyden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Cutshin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Cutshin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
112 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Chappell between 1993 and 2019, burning about 10,174 acres in total. None started naturally. 28 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 | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 May 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 95 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GREASY CK |
| 17 May 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 May 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 84 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chappell in 1 storm report in 2020: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chappell | - | The county 911 Dispatch reported a tree to have been blown down due to thunderstorm winds on Hwy 2009 near Robins Branch Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Creek | 2.3 miles | 25 | |
| Mozelle | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Asher | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Napier | 3.9 miles | 25 | |
| Helton | 4.5 miles | 25 | |
| Upper Laurel Fork (historical) | 4.7 miles | 25 | |
| Causey | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Hoskinston | 5.1 miles | 14 |
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 Chappell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690203 | 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 511316. 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.







