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Clarks Corner, Kentucky

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Edmonton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42129. The Survey maps it on the Sulphur Well quadrangle.

Clarks Corner within Metcalfe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

25 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Clarks Corner between 1999 and 2020, burning about 116 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
12 April 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestrySULPHER SPRINGS
11 April 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 April 2008Debris and open burning4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 April 2010Debris and open burning6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2017Debris and open burning25 acresKentucky Division of ForestryKNOB LICK
26 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 March 2017Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCRENSHAW CASSIDY RD. FIRE
19 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Metcalfe County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Clarks Corner: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chapman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Metcalfe County

Storms near this place

4 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clarks Corner in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2012Thunderstorm WindClarks Corner$3,000A supercell moved north of Edmonson bringing destructive winds and large hail. Estimated 70 mph winds destroyed a tool shed on Don Lyle Road. A portion of a home's roof was removed on Odell-Vanzant Road.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindClarks Corner-Trees were blown down along Knob Lick Road near Edmonton.
May 2021Flash FloodClarks Corner-Parts of Knob Lick Road were under water. The time was estimated by the dispatcher.
April 2015FloodClarks Corner-Emergency management reported that numerous roads across the county were impassable due to high water.

Every storm recorded in Metcalfe 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
Beechville2.0 miles10
New Liberty2.9 miles10
Knob Lick3.1 miles10
Wisdom4.1 miles10
Cork4.1 miles9
Echo4.7 miles10
Edmonton5.0 miles10
Gascon5.5 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507708. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.