BlockEli, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Eli census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42642. It lies near Clear Fork Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Eli quadrangle. It stands 1,017 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Eli quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Eli quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Eli between 1999 and 2020, burning about 278 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BROWN RIDGE |
| 10 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 March 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GRIDER FIRE |
| 18 March 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 215 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CHARLES GIBBS |
| 10 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eli in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eli | $15,000 | A mobile home was blown off its foundation. Several trees were downed. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eli | - | Large tree limbs fell on Highway 76 in Eli. A barn also had its roof metal peeled back. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Eli | - | South Highway 76 was closed due to flash flooding. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Eli | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eli | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eli | - | 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 Eli | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690358 | 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 491621. 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.