BlockEzel, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Grassy Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41425. It stands on Meetinghouse Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ezel quadrangle. 209 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 945 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresEzel fell from 235 to 209 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 235 | |
| 2020 | 209 | -26 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1889 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Ezel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Ezel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
58 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Ezel between 1997 and 2020, burning about 603 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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 | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | UPPER LONG |
| 18 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 125 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MAYTOWN |
| 9 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | UPPER LONG BRANCH |
| 6 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WELLINGTON RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
35 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ezel in 35 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 25 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 flood, 2 heavy rain. 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ezel | $110,000 | Straight line wind damage associated with a severe thunderstorm produced a path of damage approximately 9 miles long and 4 miles wide. Massive amounts of tree damage occurred all of which was lying in a southeastward direction. One mobile home received roof damage when a large pine tree fell onto the home. Barns and out buildings also received minor damage to the roof tin. Several cars received major damage as trees fell upon them. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ezel | $100,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts uprooted trees and downed power lines in Ezel. Approximately 500 residents of the city were without power and phone service until around 930 pm that evening. |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ezel | $50,000 | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ezel | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ezel | $30,000 | Trees were blown down in Ezel including onto 2 mobile homes. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ezel | $10,000 | Numerous trees were blown down along Hwy 882 west of Ezel. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ezel | $10,000 | Trees were blown down on Highways 460, 2498, and 772. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ezel | $6,000 | Two trees were blown down. Numerous tree branches were also blown down. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ezel | $5,000 | Numerous trees were blown down in and around Ezel. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ezel | $5,000 | Strong winds blew a barn down onto a mobile home. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ezel | $4,000 | Large tree limbs were blown down in Ezel. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ezel | $3,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ezel | $3,000 | A few trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2020 | Flood | Ezel | $2,000 | The local Department of Highways reported a stopped up culvert being washed out, leading to high water issues along Kentucky Highways 3345 and 772 northeast of Ezel. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Ezel | $2,000 | Multiple rounds of heavy rain moved through the community of Ezel and surrounding locations. The heaviest of these rains occurred around 10:50 PM EDT, at which point Morgan County Dispatch reported at 11:05 pm EDT that Kentucky Highway 1010 was closed due to high water over the road making it impassable. |
| July 2012 | Flood | Ezel | $1,000 | Minor flooding led to some driveways being washed out in Ezel. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ezel | $1,000 | A couple of large limbs were blown down. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ezel | $1,000 | One tree was blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts on Walnut Street. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ezel | $1,000 | Tree down on roadway. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ezel | - | A tree was downed on US-460 in Ezel according to a social media report. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ezel | - | Large limbs and parts of trees were blown down on Hwy 1010. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ezel | - | Part of the roof of a store was blown off. |
| July 2013 | Heavy Rain | Ezel | - | A total rainfall of 3.77 inches was reported in Ezel. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ezel | - | Large tree limbs were blown down in someones yard in Ezel. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ezel | - | Trees were blown down on Hwy 772. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ezel | - | A few trees were blown down. |
| February 2012 | Hail | Ezel | - | The hail was reported on Tabernacle Rd in Ezel. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ezel | - | A large tree limb was blown down in Ezel. |
| July 2011 | Heavy Rain | Ezel | - | A volunteer weather observer reported that 2.27 inches of rain had fallen since mid afternoon in Ezel. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ezel | - | Four trees blown down in Ezel along Highway 772. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ezel | - | Multiple trees were down. |
| December 2000 | Flood | Ezel | - | Mudslides on US 460 near the Menifee County line. |
| February 2017 | Hail | Ezel | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Ezel | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Ezel | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jericho (historical) | 0.4 miles | 14 | |
| Pekin | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Maytown | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Mize | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Murphyfork | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Ebon | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Bonny | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Grassy Creek | 5.5 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Ezel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5423180 | The 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 512105. 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.