Engle, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Krypton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41727. It stands on Hollybush Branch. The Survey maps it on the Haddix quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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
- 1913 USGS Buckhorn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Haddix quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Haddix quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Haddix quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
454 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 454 fires within 5 miles of Engle between 1997 and 2020, burning about 21,918 acres in total. None started naturally. 119 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 | 190 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 119 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 116 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | AIRPORT WAY RD. |
| 23 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOST MTN #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Engle in 10 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Engle | $1,000 | A large tree limb was blown down on Lost Creek Road near Thomasville Lane. The tree also brought down nearby powerlines as it fell, blocking the entire road. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Engle | $1,000 | A tree was blown down near KY Hwy 15 south of Ned. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Engle | $1,000 | A tree was blown down near the Wendell H Ford airport. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Engle | - | Nickel to quarter-sized hail was observed at the Wendell H. Ford Airport north of Hazard. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Engle | - | Trees were reported to have been blown down at the Wendell H. Ford Airport north of Hazard. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Engle | - | A tree was blown down and onto KY-15 near the County Line Community Church, blocking one of the lanes. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Engle | - | A tree was blown down and across a road in the Coalfields Regional Industrial Park. A mobile home nearby was also damaged. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Engle | - | A trained spotter reported an estimated thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph near Engle. |
| September 2011 | Heavy Rain | Engle | - | A trained spotter reported that 2 inches of rain had fallen in Engle since 730 pm on Sunday, September 4th. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Engle | - | The road at Typo was closed due to flash flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller (historical) | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Jones (historical) | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Mudlick (historical) | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Dice | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Manuel | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Lamont | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Stacy | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Sixteen (historical) | 4.0 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507941. 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.







