BlockGalveston, Kentucky
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Grethel-Teaberry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41635. It stands on Neck Branch. The Survey maps it on the McDowell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1890 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1914 USGS Vergie quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Mc Dowell quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Mc Dowell quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
335 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 335 fires within 5 miles of Galveston between 1997 and 2020, burning about 16,212 acres in total. None started naturally. 77 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 | 128 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 91 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 77 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 175 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RAYS BRANCH |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 49 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Galveston in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2016: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Galveston | - | Trees and large limbs were blown down. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Galveston | - | Trees were blown down at the intersection of Highways 979 and 680 near Galveston. |
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 492660. 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.