BlockClarksburg, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Vanceburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41179. It stands on Blue Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Vanceburg quadrangle.
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.
- 1919 USGS Vanceburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Vanceburg quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Vanceburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Vanceburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
40 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Clarksburg between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,726 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| 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 2007 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FULLER BRANCH |
| 8 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | VANCEBURG HILL |
| 6 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1,000 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clarksburg in 4 storm reports between 2017 and 2022: 1 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarksburg | $3,000 | A few trees were downed near Clarksburg. |
| March 2017 | Flash Flood | Clarksburg | - | High water was running across Blue Springs Road and completely surrounding the foundation of two homes. |
| March 2017 | Flood | Clarksburg | - | Homes were surrounded by high water along Blue Springs Road near the AA Highway. Big Cabin Creek Road was also closed due to high water. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Clarksburg | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanceburg | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Charters | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Kinniconick | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Queens | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Carrs | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Buena Vista | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Herron Hill | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Stricklett | 7.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 489556. 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.