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Clementsville, Kentucky

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Clementsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42539. It stands on Woods Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clementsville quadrangle. It stands 778 feet above sea level.

Clementsville within Casey County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

23 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Clementsville between 1998 and 2019, burning about 314 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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
21 September 2019Debris and open burning4.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCOOPER RIDGE ROAD
9 April 2013Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCHRISTIAN
4 April 2001Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 April 2001Smoking10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 April 2015Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryRUTH RANDOLPH RD. FIRE
9 March 2000Debris and open burning132 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2000Natural2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Casey County

Storms near this place

13 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clementsville in 13 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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
May 2017Flash FloodClementsville$50,000The Casey Emergency Manager reported that Highway 70 was closed to mudslides.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindClementsville$20,000Downburst winds damaged some outbuildings and downed several trees.
September 2020Flash FloodClementsville$10,000A vehicle stalled in high water near Highway 70 and 551.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindClementsville$1,000Thunderstorm winds caused minor damage to a store in Clementsville. Winds threw a trampoline against a tree. Many trees and power lines were downed.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindClementsville-A few trees were blown down near Clementsville.
January 2006Thunderstorm WindClementsville-Trees were downed.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindClementsville-Trees were downed.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindClementsville-Trees and power lines were downed in Clementsville.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindClementsville-Trees down on Highway 70 near Clementsville
October 2011HailClementsville-no account filed
April 2007HailClementsville-no account filed
January 2006HailClementsville-no account filed
June 2001HailClementsville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Casey 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
Creston3.1 miles10
Atterson3.4 miles10
Foster (historical)3.8 miles10
Rheber4.3 miles10
Bass4.3 miles9
White Oak Ridge (historical)4.8 miles10
Sulphur Run (historical)5.2 miles10
Woodrum Ridge (historical)5.3 miles10

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.

Wikipedia article on ClementsvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5131523The 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 489658. 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.