BlockGrandview, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Tompkinsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42167. The Survey maps it on the Tompkinsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1929 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
51 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Grandview between 1999 and 2017, burning about 522 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 August 2011 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FACTORY |
| 25 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 April 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 71 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2010 | Smoking | 26 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Grandview: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trico Stone Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grandview in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2023 | Hail | Grandview | - | Pictures from near Tompkinsville showed a few quarter-sized hailstones mixed with smaller hailstones on a deck. |
| February 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grandview | - | One tree blew down. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grandview | - | Two or three trees were blocking Center Point Road. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grandview | - | An NWS storm survey found six storage bins knocked down. A 40 x 100 foot farm building was destroyed. A 20 x 30 foot shed was blown down. Two farm trailers were blown over. A 550 pound concrete rooster was knocked over when a wagon was blown into it. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grandview | - | A tree was blown down on Hwy. 100. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tompkinsville | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Bushong | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Forkton | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Rockbridge | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Harlan Crossroads | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Hestand | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Mud Lick | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Persimmon | 6.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 493097. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.