BlockDema, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Wayland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41666. It stands on Bradley Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wayland quadrangle. It stands 774 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1890 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1912 USGS Hindman quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Hindman quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Wayland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Wayland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
256 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 256 fires within 5 miles of Dema between 1997 and 2020, burning about 13,795 acres in total. None started naturally. 56 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 | 98 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 56 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 38 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WEBB ST |
| 12 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dema in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2025: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dema | - | KY-7 is closed due to a large tree blown down and blocking both lanes near the Dema community, north of Raven. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dema | - | Department of Highway officials reported several trees blown down from south of Wayland to southeast of Wheelwright. |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Dema | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q29405273 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507842. 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.