BlockClarence, Kentucky
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Eubank census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42567. It lies near Warren Knob. The Survey maps it on the Woodstock quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1952 USGS Woodstock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Clarence between 1998 and 2019, burning about 83 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 May 1998 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WOODHAVEN DRIVE |
| 26 February 2000 | Smoking | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 February 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 February 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clarence in 1 storm report in 2022: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Flash Flood | Clarence | $8,000 | A motorist was trapped by flash flood waters at the intersection of Highway 70 and Charles Elgin Road near Woodstock. A water rescue had to be performed. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507706. 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.