BlockGraefenburg, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Harrisonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40076. It stands on Goose Creek. The Survey maps it on the Waddy quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1923 USGS Waddy quadrangle1:48000
- 1925 USGS Mount Eden quadrangle1:48000
- 1927 USGS Mount Eden quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Waddy quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Waddy quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Graefenburg between 1999 and 2010, burning about 13 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 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 April 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 November 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Graefenburg in 5 storm reports between 2004 and 2022: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Hail | Graefenburg | - | Hail between quarter and golf ball size was observed near the Graefenburg community. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Graefenburg | - | Half dollar-sized hail was observed in Graefenburg. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Graefenburg | - | Flood waters briefly covered a portion of Interstate 64 near the location where Kentucky Highway 2863 crosses under the interstate highway. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graefenburg | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees across both Graefenburg Road. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Graefenburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peytona | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Waddy | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Hatton | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Harrisonville | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Clay Village | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Hemp Ridge | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Junte | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Consolation | 7.1 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 493075. 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.