BlockEtna, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Eubank census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42567. It lies near Cannon Knob. The Survey maps it on the Bobtown quadrangle.
On record in Etna
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Buck-Mercer Houselisted 1984 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1935 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Bobtown quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Etna between 2000 and 2019, burning about 86 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WARE ROAD FIRE |
| 8 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WOODHAVEN DRIVE |
| 26 February 2000 | Smoking | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 November 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 October 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 October 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Etna in 4 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Flood | Etna | - | A citizen observed water over Old Stilesville Road, making it impassable, near the intersection with Kentucky Highway 452 northwest of Bobtown. |
| February 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Etna | - | Dispatch reported multiple trees blown down from northeast of Science Hill at the intersection of Kentucky Highway 452 and Etna Church Road to Dabney along Kentucky Highway 39. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Etna | - | Trees were blown down near the intersection of Hwy 39 and Country Acres Dr. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Etna | - | Spotter reports golf ball-size hail. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507951. 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.