BlockColeman, Kentucky
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Phelps census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41553. It stands on Low Gap Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jamboree quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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.
- 1886 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000
- 1890 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1914 USGS Hurley quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Hurley quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Hurley quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Hurley quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Jamboree quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Jamboree quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
143 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Coleman between 1997 and 2020, burning about 12,112 acres in total. None started naturally. 33 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 | 73 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BOARDTREE II |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HURRICANE CREEK |
| 12 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 90 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SENG BRANCH |
| 7 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 95 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coleman in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Hail | Coleman | $10 | A member of the public reported half inch hail as the storms moved through near the community of Phelps. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coleman | - | Trees were blown down on Hwy 1056 at McCarr. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coleman | - | Tree down across road at Smith Fork and Kentucky Highway 632. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calloway Branch (historical) | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Jamboree | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| Phelps | 2.8 miles | 24 | |
| Left Fork of Blackberry (historical) | 3.3 miles | 24 | |
| Board Tree | 4.1 miles | 24 | |
| Simers | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Arrow (historical) | 4.6 miles | 24 | |
| Head of Johnson Creek (historical) | 4.7 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 489815. 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.