BlockFidelio, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Oak Grove-Pembroke census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42240. The Survey maps it on the Oak Grove quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1944 USGS Clarksville quadrangle1:50000
- 1951 USGS Oak Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Clarksville quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Oak Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Oak Grove quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Fidelio between 2007 and 2010, burning about 109 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 July 2008 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 October 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 93 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DEERE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fidelio in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2011: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fidelio | $50,000 | Damaging winds occurred in the Oak Grove area, southwest of Hopkinsville. A wind gust to 63 mph was measured at the junction of Interstate 24 and Highway 107 southwest of Hopkinsville. Numerous trees were down, blocking roads. Shingles were off some roofs. Interstate signs were blown down, partially blocking the intersection of Interstate 24 and Highway 41A. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fidelio | $3,000 | One trained spotter measured a wind gust to 59 mph, and another measured a gust to 60 mph. Some tree damage was reported around the county. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Fidelio | - | The hail occurred at mile marker 85 on Interstate 24. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masonville | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Longview | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Beverly | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Elmo | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Douglas (historical) | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Howel | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Oak Grove | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Herndon | 5.7 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122556405 | 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 507994. 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.