BlockEvona, Kentucky
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Dunnville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42539. It stands on Little Creek. The Survey maps it on the Phil quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Phil quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
40 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Evona between 1998 and 2017, burning about 672 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 41 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | STRONG BRANCH |
| 7 April 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 90 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JONATHAN FORK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Evona in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evona | - | There were several trees down on area roadways, and a roof was blown off a building on South Fork Creek Road. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Evona | - | Water crossed Highway 910 in Liberty. Parts of Martins Creek started to come out of its banks in Casey County. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evona | - | Trees were reported down. |
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 507963. 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.