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Clover, Kentucky

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cumberland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40823. It stands on Lick Branch. The Survey maps it on the Benham quadrangle.

Clover within Harlan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

83 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Clover between 1997 and 2020, burning about 8,404 acres in total. 2 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 burning34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism15
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burning125 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLITTLE SHEPHERD TRAIL
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 June 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCHUCK FIRE
23 June 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 June 2002Recreation and ceremony20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 June 2016Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySANDHILL
19 June 2008Natural1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harlan County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Clover: 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Iron. 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
Hurricane Gap Sand PitSilicaProspect
Orebank RidgeIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Harlan County

Storms near this place

5 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clover in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 2025Thunderstorm WindClover-A 61 mph wind gust was recorded at the Harlan County Mesonet.
February 2024Thunderstorm WindClover-The Kentucky Mesonet station on top of Black Mountain in Harlan County measured a wind gust of 57 mph.
March 2021Heavy RainClover-The Kentucky Mesonet station on Black Mountain measured 2.42 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindClover-The highway department reported that strong thunderstorm wind gusts caused multiple trees to fall down across Cloverlick Creek Road.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindClover-A 70 mph wind gust was measured at the KY mesonet site on the top of Black Mountain at an elevation of 4031 feet.

Every storm recorded in Harlan 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
Benham2.7 miles20
Clutts3.0 miles20
Lynch3.5 miles20
Cumberland3.7 miles20
Sand Hill3.9 miles23
Chad4.2 miles23
Blair4.3 miles20
Holmes Mill4.6 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507719. 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.