BlockDrift, Kentucky
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the McDowell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41619. It stands on Frozen Creek. The Survey maps it on the McDowell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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
- 1914 USGS Vergie quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Mc Dowell quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Mc Dowell quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
296 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 296 fires within 5 miles of Drift between 1997 and 2020, burning about 14,113 acres in total. None started naturally. 77 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 | 113 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 77 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 45 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SHOP BRANCH |
| 9 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BOSCOE |
| 21 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 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 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Drift in 4 storm reports between 2016 and 2022: 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Drift | $10,000 | Emergency management relayed reports of numerous roadways containing flowing water over them throughout Floyd County, including Kentucky Highway 1210. One road had high enough water to reach the hoods of cars near Martin, while several roads were closed due to culverts being washed out from Martin to Drift. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Drift | - | A member of the public reported approximately quarter-sized (1.00 inch) hail near Langley. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Drift | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Drift | - | no account filed |
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 Drift | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5307421 | 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 491113. 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.