BlockGuage, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Rousseau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41339. It stands on Calico Branch. The Survey maps it on the Guage quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1889 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Guage quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
93 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Guage between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,710 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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 | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 30 EAST |
| 7 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 30 |
| 6 April 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 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
8 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Guage in 8 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guage | $3,000 | One power pole and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guage | $2,000 | Two trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts on Highway 30 between the Breathitt Magoffin county line and Highway 542. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guage | - | NWS employee reported 2 trees blown down by thunderstorm winds along KY-30 approximately 2 miles northeast of Guage. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guage | - | Two trees and numerous large limbs were blown down. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guage | - | A citizen reported multiple trees blown down across Wolf Creek Road near Rousseau. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guage | - | One large tree was blown down. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guage | - | Multiple large tree limbs were blown down between Milemarkers 32 and 35. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guage | - | Trees were reported down on Hwy 30 at Gauge. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rousseau | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Lunah | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Stevenson | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Lambric | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Wells Fork | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Bays | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Wilstacy | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Mountain Valley | 5.9 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122542366 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508141. 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.