BlockGregoryville, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41143. It stands on Smith Branch. The Survey maps it on the Grahn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1950 USGS Grahn quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grahn quadrangle1:24000
- 1970 USGS Grahn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
149 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Gregoryville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,678 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 27 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 | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 43 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | AA HAYFIELD |
| 18 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FORT FALLS |
| 17 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 June 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 May 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | 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 Gregoryville: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olive Hill Fire Clay District | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gregoryville in 3 storm reports between 1996 and 2015: 2 hail, 1 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fultz | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Aden | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Leon | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| The Cross Roads (historical) | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Grayson | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Deevert | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Grahn | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Lindsey Chapel (historical) | 4.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508134. 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.