BlockFernleaf, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Maysville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41056. The Survey maps it on the Germantown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1915 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Germantown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Fernleaf between 1997 and 2010, burning about 8 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FIELDS LANE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fernleaf in 7 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fernleaf | $7,000 | A few trees and power poles were downed on Barrett Pike. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fernleaf | $1,000 | A couple of large limbs were knocked down. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fernleaf | $1,000 | A tree was reported downed along Valley Pike due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Fernleaf | $1,000 | Brandywine Creek rose and briefly flooded a roadway due to heavy rainfall. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Fernleaf | - | Brandywine Road remained closed due to high water. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Fernleaf | - | Brandywine Road was closed due to high water. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Fernleaf | - | High water was reported on Clarks Run Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dexter (historical) | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Minerva | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Moranburg | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Simon Kenton Acres (historical) | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Old Washington | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Shawnee Hill (historical) | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Murphysville | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| South Ripley | 6.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507992. 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.