BlockGum Sulphur, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Mount Vernon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40419. It stands on Slaty Branch. The Survey maps it on the Brodhead quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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
- 1953 USGS Brodhead quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
60 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Gum Sulphur between 1998 and 2020, burning about 659 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 32 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gum Sulphur in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gum Sulphur | $600 | A tree was blown down onto a fence along Gum Sulphur Road in the vicinity of Broadhead Road. |
| January 2022 | Heavy Rain | Gum Sulphur | - | Storm total rainfall of 4.10 inches, falling between 9pm on 12/31/21 and 9am on 1/1/2022. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gum Sulphur | - | A tree was blown down and across Copper Creek. A metal building was overturned by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2000 | Flood | Gum Sulphur | - | Heavy rains caused water to flow over portions of US 150. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmot Church (historical) | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Brodhead | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Ottawa | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Maretburg | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Spiro | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Quail | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Renfro Valley | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Conway | 7.5 miles | 13 |
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 Q122550766 | 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 493492. 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.