BlockGreenmount, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Greenmount-Langnau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40741. It stands on Little Raccoon Creek. The Survey maps it on the London quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1893 USGS London quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS London quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS London quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS London quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
84 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Greenmount between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,130 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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 | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PEOPLE'S FIRE |
| 11 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 July 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HAZEL GREEN FIRE |
| 9 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RAPIERS CEM. |
| 9 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PH YOUNG |
| 4 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenmount in 5 storm reports between 2003 and 2021: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenmount | $20,000 | Trees were blown down on homes and power poles were also blown down. This report was received from someone at the London Sentinel Echo newspaper office. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenmount | $15,000 | The roof of a barn was blown off and carried a long distance before being dropped. Tow trees were also blown down near the Glenmount cemetary in Greenmount. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenmount | - | A tree was reported as being blown down near the Greenmount Community. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenmount | - | A tree was blown down. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Greenmount | - | Kentucky Highway 30 was covered with swift flowing water, about 1 mile from the Jackson County line. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| McWhorter | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| The Hazel Patch (historical) | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Victory | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Oakley | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Cornette | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Green Mountain (historical) | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Crawford | 5.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 512448. 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.