Ensor, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Whitesville-Philpot census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42366. The Survey maps it on the Maceo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1903 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Maceo quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Ensor between 2001 and 2014, burning about 50 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | POWER TOWER |
| 28 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BEAN |
| 16 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 20 BAIL |
| 29 March 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OLD CAR |
| 10 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 February 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RIDGE RD. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Ensor: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daviess County Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kapco Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| No. 9 Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| W. L. Delker Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ensor in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Flood | Ensor | - | Water was over numerous roads in the county, though no closures were reported. Some of the roads with water on them included Kentucky Routes 762, 298, 919, and 69, U.S. Highway 62 at the 10-mile marker, and U.S. Highway 231. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodcrest | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Mount Zion (historical) | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Spice Knob | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Brownwood Manor | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Thruston | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Covent Gardens (historical) | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Pates (historical) | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Bethlehem (historical) | 3.6 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 491791. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.






