BlockElmrock, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Emmalena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41640. It stands on Baker Branch. The Survey maps it on the Vest quadrangle. It stands 1,014 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1891 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1914 USGS Troublesome quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Vest quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Vest quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
149 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Elmrock between 1997 and 2020, burning about 29,057 acres in total. None started naturally. 47 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 | 63 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 June 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JOHNSON LI |
| 6 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BECKHAM COMBS |
| 4 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 102 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elmrock in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmrock | $50,000 | Trees and powerlines were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mpy on Highway 1098 near Elmrock. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Camp (historical) | 0.1 miles | 17 | |
| Vest | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Grigsby (historical) | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Decoy | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Buckhorn (historical) | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Soft Shell | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Bearville | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Tina | 6.3 miles | 16 |
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 Elmrock | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5366896 | 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 507932. 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.