BlockChurch Hill, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the LaFayette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42240. The Survey maps it on the Church Hill quadrangle.
On record in Church Hill
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.
- Church Hill Grange Halllisted 1975 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Church Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Church Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Church Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Church Hill between 2007 and 2010, burning about 44 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | STIGED TAIL |
| 24 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 April 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Church Hill in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2021 | Flash Flood | Church Hill | $200,000 | A minivan became disabled in floodwaters on East 9th Street near the railroad tracks in Hopkinsville. Highway 41 was closed and impassable south of Hopkinsville. An approximate estimate of road closures countywide was about 25. Only three roads were damaged, and they were repaired rather quickly with gravel. There were three homes flooded. Around a dozen or so homes were affected with water in carports, basements, and crawl spaces. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Church Hill | $10,000 | A wind gust to 60 mph was measured on Interstate 24 at Kentucky Route 695, just southwest of Hopkinsville. In downtown Hopkinsville, part of the roof was blown off a bakery. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cox Mill (historical) | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Merrittstown | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Newstead | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| West Brook | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Belleview (historical) | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Walnut Grove | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Canton Pike | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Beverly | 4.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507701. 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.