BlockCurtis, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Edmonton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42129. It stands on Scott Branch. The Survey maps it on the Edmonton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Edmonton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Edmonton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
44 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Curtis between 1998 and 2019, burning about 266 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LONESTAR RIDGE |
| 25 July 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GLEN SHAW RD |
| 17 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 21 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JERKINS FIRE |
| 11 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 April 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HUFF FIRE |
| 9 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Curtis in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | - | A couple of trees were down along Cedar Flat Curtis Road and Subtle Road. |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Curtis | - | The Cedar Flat Curtis Bridge flooded. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | - | State officials reported several trees down in 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Flats | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Goodluck | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Edmonton | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Gascon | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Cofer | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Beaumont | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Willow Shade | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Cork | 7.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507800. 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.