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Clover Bottom, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Sandgap census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40447. It stands on Long Branch. The Survey maps it on the Johnetta quadrangle.

Clover Bottom within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

106 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Clover Bottom between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,925 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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 burning49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Arson/incendiarism15
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 September 2002Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 April 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPINE GROVE CEMETERY FIRE
7 April 2011Debris and open burning6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBEAN POLE FIRE #3
7 April 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPINE GROVE FIRE #2
7 April 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

11 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clover Bottom in 11 storm reports between 2002 and 2021: 4 flash flood, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
February 2021FloodClover Bottom$10,000The flooding of low lying areas continues in the community of Clover Bottom. Water is rising, having gone up a few feet in the last 2 hours. There is now at least 1 to 2 feet over a roadway in the community (roadway unspecified).
January 2008Thunderstorm WindClover Bottom$10,000A barn was destroyed along Highway 1955 by wind gusts estimated at 61 mph.
July 2021Flash FloodClover Bottom$5,000Water was reported over the road on Cave Springs Road, washing out the pavement and at least one culvert. Water also entered into the residential garage of the cooperative observer who lives on this road.
April 2015Flash FloodClover Bottom$1,000Flood water covered the intersection of Hwy 421 and Durham School road causing cars to stall out as they were driven into the water.
April 2015Flash FloodClover Bottom$1,000Highway 421 was closed near the intersection of Durham School Rd due to flooding.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindClover Bottom$1,000A tree was blown down on Highway 1955 1 mile south of Clover Bottom.
March 2021FloodClover Bottom-The flooding of low lying areas continues in the community of Clover Bottom. Water is rising, having gone up a few feet in the last 2 hours. There is now at least 1 to 2 feet over a roadway in the community (roadway unspecified).
July 2018HailClover Bottom-A Cooperative Observer reported penny sized hail near Clover Bottom.
June 2018Flash FloodClover Bottom-A Cooperative Observer reported flowing water of greater than one foot in depth over Cave Springs Road and U.S. Highway 421 west of Clover Bottom.
April 2015HailClover Bottom-no account filed
July 2002HailClover Bottom-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Big Hill (historical)1.9 miles16
Durham Ridge (historical)2.1 miles15
Rice Hill (historical)2.1 miles15
Kerby Knob2.6 miles15
Morrill2.8 miles16
Eglon2.8 miles15
Threelinks2.9 miles15
Pine Grove (historical)3.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 511418. 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.