Eadsville, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Mill Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42633. It lies near Pierce Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Jabez quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1911 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1914 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Jabez quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Jabez quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
77 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Eadsville between 1998 and 2016, burning about 2,180 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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 | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eadsville in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eadsville | $250 | The Wayne County dispatch reported that strong thunderstorm wind gusts had knocked down a tree onto KY-1720. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eadsville | - | A tree was blown down near Monticello. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eadsville | - | Trees were down across power lines along Kentucky Highway 167 and Highway 789. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Eadsville | - | Penny size hail was also reported in Mill Springs |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swifton | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Frisby | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Short Mountain | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Parnell | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Rankin | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Monticello | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Steubenville | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Number One | 5.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507897. 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.






