Eversole, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Booneville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41314. It stands on Bear Run. The Survey maps it on the Booneville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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 Manchester quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Booneville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Booneville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
372 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 372 fires within 5 miles of Eversole between 1997 and 2020, burning about 12,430 acres in total. None started naturally. 79 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 | 180 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 97 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 79 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | UPPER WOLF CREEK |
| 19 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Eversole: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crane Fork Valley Shale | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eversole in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 2 flood, 2 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Eversole | - | Water was reported flowing over the road along Bear Run near the community of Eversole. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Eversole | - | Sugar Camp Road was impassable due to water flowing over it. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Eversole | - | Local media reported flooding on Kentucky Highway 2024 south of Eversole. |
| January 2010 | Flood | Eversole | - | Backwater flooding from the south fork of the Kentucky River caused Highways 2024 and 3347 to be closed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut Neighborhood (historical) | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Chestnut Gap | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Sugar Camp Neighborhood (historical) | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Cowcreek | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Southfork | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Hogg Neighborhood (historical) | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Booneville | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Lerose | 2.8 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 512101. 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.





