BlockCoopersville, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Gregory census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42633. It lies near Cooper Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Coopersville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1932 USGS Burnside quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Coopersville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
53 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Coopersville between 1995 and 2020, burning about 3,079 acres in total. None started naturally. 22 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | 4-H |
| 4 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PARMLEYSVILLE ROAD |
| 4 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 April 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | 4-H |
| 2 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PINE VIEW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coopersville in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2005: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coopersville | $2,000 | Roof blown off a barn. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coopersville | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Coopersville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrier | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Rockybranch | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Kidds Crossing | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Oil Valley | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Burfield | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Pueblo | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Griffin | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Gregory | 5.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 511527. 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.