BlockDeatsville, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Coxs Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40013. The Survey maps it on the Samuels quadrangle.
On record in Deatsville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- T. W. Samuels Distillery Historic Districtlisted 1988
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1949 USGS Samuels quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Shepherdsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Samuels quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Samuels quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Deatsville between 1999 and 2019, burning about 164 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DEATSVILLE |
| 27 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | R J CORMAN FIRE |
| 24 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WHEELER FIRE |
| 13 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 Deatsville in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2026: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deatsville | $5,000 | A wooden structure at the entrance to a cemetery was blown down. |
| February 2026 | Hail | Deatsville | - | Hail was a little larger than quarter size. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Deatsville | - | A photo showing estimated 1 inch hail was sent in from Deatsville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuels | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Lenore | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Hunters | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Coxs Creek | 4.5 miles | 7 | |
| Bourbon Springs | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Nazareth | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Upper Grove (historical) | 5.9 miles | 7 | |
| Cravens | 6.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 490745. 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.