BlockDouble Culvert, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Sadieville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40324. It stands on Griffith Branch. The Survey maps it on the Delaplain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1939 USGS Sadieville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Delaplain quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Delaplain quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Double Culvert between 2004 and 2010, burning about 52 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WOLF BRANCH INTERSTATE FIRE |
| 8 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 October 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | THE LATIN CONSPIRACY FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Double Culvert in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Double Culvert | - | There was a tree down on power lines near the 400 block of Double Culvert Road. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Double Culvert | - | The media reported that a tree was down on power lines at Brooks Lane and Cincinnati Road. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Double Culvert | - | Double Culvert was impassable with 6 to 8 inches of water over the roadway. |
| September 2009 | Flood | Double Culvert | - | Standing water covered Locust Fork Rd, Luke Rd, and Double Culvert Rd. These roads were closed due to the high water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biddle | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Sadieville | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Porter | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Mallard Point | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Turkey Foot | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Rogers Gap | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Muddy Ford | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Davis | 5.0 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122541132 | 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 507870. 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.