BlockCowan, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Ewing census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41039. It stands on Hoovers Run. The Survey maps it on the Cowan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1952 USGS Cowan quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Cowan between 2010 and 2016, burning about 65 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 April 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 17 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BRIAR PATCH RD. |
| 7 November 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | NICHOLAS COUNTY |
| 23 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MT TABOR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cowan in 7 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Cowan | $15,000 | Four homes were severely flooded along Buchanan Road. |
| March 1997 | Flash Flood | Cowan | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cowan | $3,000 | Power poles and lines down due to strong winds. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cowan | - | Fleming county dispatch reported a tree blown down in the 600 block of Buchanan Road, just west of Elizaville. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cowan | - | A tree was blown down and onto Delaney Road near Cowan. The exact location along Delaney Road was not given. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Cowan | - | Golf ball size hail was reported in Cowan. |
| November 2007 | Hail | Cowan | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ewing | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Elizaville | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Nepton | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Fairview | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Hill Top | 4.3 miles | 6 | |
| Battle Run | 4.7 miles | 6 | |
| Flemingsburg Junction | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Craintown | 5.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 490196. 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.