BlockCulvertown, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Boston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40051. It lies near Watson Knob. The Survey maps it on the New Haven quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS New Haven quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
22 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Culvertown between 1997 and 2016, burning about 59 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BURBA RD. FIRE |
| 25 April 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 April 2014 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | NEWTON |
| 21 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 April 1997 | Smoking | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Culvertown: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Gap Roadcut | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Culvertown in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2011 | Flood | Culvertown | 1 killed, $15,000 | A man died during the evening of November 29th, when he drove his vehicle around a barricade and attempted to cross a flooded low spot in the road where Bull Run Creek crosses Kentucky State Highway 46. He lost control of his vehicle and hit another vehicle already disabled in the flood water, then drowned when his vehicle was washed off the road and submerged. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culvertown | - | Trees were down on New Haven Road. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culvertown | - | Trees down on New Haven Road near Nat Rogers Road. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culvertown | - | Local law enforcement reported multiple trees down across the southern part of Nelson County. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culvertown | - | According to a public report, trees were down across the area due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Gap | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Balltown | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Samuel Pottinger Settlement (historical) | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Greenbrier | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Clarktown (historical) | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Gethsemane | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| New Haven | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| New Hope | 5.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507794. 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.