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Erose, Kentucky

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Dewitt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40935. It lies near Shep Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Beverly quadrangle.

Erose within Knox County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

157 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Erose between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,838 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 51 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 burning58
Arson/incendiarism51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 September 2007Debris and open burning30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 2007Debris and open burning17 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 August 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHWY 718 FIRE
26 July 2012Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryRED BIRD M
22 June 2002Debris and open burning12 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Knox County

Storms near this place

4 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Erose in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2004Tornado (F1)Erose$30,000A tornado touched down near Erose along Highway 718. The tornado was on the ground for 1, 338 feet. Numerous trees were blown down and three homes were damaged.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindErose$10,000Large tree limbs down on Highway 718 and several trees down on Highway 718 near Salt Gum.
April 2021HailErose-A trained spotter reported nickel to quarter-sized hail along Buckeye Branch Rd. in Knox County.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindErose-Several trees were down.

Every storm recorded in Knox County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Scalf4.3 miles18
Walker5.9 miles18
Hammond6.1 miles18
Dewitt7.2 miles18
Mocking Bird Branch (historical)9.2 miles18
Turkey Creek (historical)10.0 miles17
Old Flat Lick10.1 miles17
Flat Lick10.5 miles17

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.

Wikidata item Q122551855The 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 512083. 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.