BlockEnglish, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Prestonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41008. It stands on Lees Creek. The Survey maps it on the Carrollton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1943 USGS Brooksburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of English between 1999 and 2013, burning about 69 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 April 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BETHEL FIRE |
| 11 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names English in 6 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | English | $70,000 | Damage occurred to a house and 2 barns were destroyed along Highway 389 due to thunderstorm winds. Numerous trees were also downed in the area. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | English | $25,000 | Tom Town Road was washed out near Pryor Branch Road. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | English | $1,000 | A tree was downed on George Creek Road. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | English | - | The Interstate ramp to I-71 was closed due to flooding. |
| November 2013 | Heavy Rain | English | - | Mill Creek Road was closed in a low lying location due to high water caused by heavy rainfall. |
| July 2012 | Hail | English | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Langstaff | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| Gilgal (historical) | 1.4 miles | 7 | |
| Mill Creek | 2.0 miles | 7 | |
| Pleasant Union (historical) | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Tomtown (historical) | 3.4 miles | 7 | |
| Indian Hills | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Worthville | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Easterday | 4.3 miles | 11 |
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 English | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21197735 | 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 491783. 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.