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Chenowee, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Oakdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41339. It stands on Pasture Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jackson quadrangle.

Chenowee within Breathitt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

177 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Chenowee between 1995 and 2020, burning about 5,272 acres in total. None started naturally. 40 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 burning92
Arson/incendiarism40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Recreation and ceremony12
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 September 2007Recreation and ceremony33 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 September 2002Debris and open burning15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Breathitt County

Storms near this place

8 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chenowee in 8 storm reports between 2006 and 2020: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
February 2008Thunderstorm WindChenowee$5,000Some trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts on Buzzards Branch.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindChenowee-A citizen observed a downed tree on Kentucky Highway 541 just north of the intersection with Kentucky Highway 52 near Chenowee.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindChenowee-A citizen observed two downed trees along Kentucky Highway 541 south of War Creek, subsequently knocking out power to nearby residences.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindChenowee-Trees were blown down and onto Hwy 52 at Chenowee Hill.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindChenowee-A tree was blown down and across the road at Shoulderblade on Hwy 30W.
May 2009Flash FloodChenowee-Flashing flooding ongoing along Highway 30 from the detention center to the intersection of Highways 30 and 397. The flood waters at Highway 397 were beginning to recede. The Highway Dept reported that 2.25 inches of rain had fallen at their garage just outside of Jackson.
May 2009Flash FloodChenowee-Water was entering mobile homes along Hwy 30 from Cane Creek.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindChenowee-Multiple trees down in western half of county. Locations with damage include Chenowee, Turners Creek and along Highway 30 East at Roundbottom.

Every storm recorded in Breathitt 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
Oakdale2.1 miles12
Guerrant2.7 miles14
Elkatawa3.0 miles14
Copebranch3.0 miles12
Shoulderblade3.3 miles13
War Creek3.7 miles14
Lawson4.2 miles14
Jetts Creek4.3 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q122553865The 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 507692. 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.