BlockFrakes, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Pruden-Fonde census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40940. It lies near Happy Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Frakes quadrangle. It stands 1,489 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1886 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1952 USGS Frakes quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Middlesboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
206 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Frakes between 1997 and 2020, burning about 23,724 acres in total. None started naturally. 57 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 | 102 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 57 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2007 | Debris and open burning | 77 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JOHNSON RIDGE |
| 3 June 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OLD MILL ROAD FIRE |
| 17 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 May 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | HIGHCLIFT 2 |
| 9 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 700 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 904 GATLIFF MTN. |
| 8 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frakes in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frakes | $25,000 | There were power lines blown down. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Frakes | $1,000 | Numerous side roads were under water. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frakes | - | A member of the public reported trees blown down along KY-190 near Hatfield Gap or approximately 4 miles north of Clairfield, Tennessee. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frakes | - | The Department of Highways reported several trees and large limbs blown down onto |Kentucky Highway 190 from southwest of Chenoa to near Davisburg. |
| April 2017 | Flood | Frakes | - | A citizen reported water across Kentucky Highway 190 west of Pruden. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Frakes | - | The friend of a trained spotter reported that half dollar size hail fell in Frakes. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frakes | - | Trees were downed. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Frakes | - | 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.
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 Frakes | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5477812 | 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 508032. 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.