Haddix, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Haddix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41339. It stands on Troublesome Creek. The Survey maps it on the Haddix quadrangle. It stands 781 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1891 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1913 USGS Buckhorn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Haddix quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Haddix quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Haddix quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
248 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 248 fires within 5 miles of Haddix between 1997 and 2020, burning about 18,978 acres in total. None started naturally. 46 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 | 115 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 46 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 48 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BIG BRANCH |
| 29 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | STRAY BRAN |
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 Haddix: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillside Roadcut | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
8 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Haddix in 8 storm reports between 2002 and 2013: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. 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 | Haddix | $25,000 | The porches were blown off of 2 mobile homes with a tree down on one of them. Numerous trees were down in and around Haddix. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haddix | $3,000 | Trees were blown down near Haddix. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haddix | $3,000 | The front porch roof was blown off a house. The porch was knocked off its foundation. The home next door had its porch partially destroyed by a fallen cedar tree. |
| March 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Haddix | $1,000 | An F0 tornado briefly touched down and ripped off a portion of tin roofing of a house. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haddix | - | Highway 1110 was blocked by multiple trees and large limbs. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Haddix | - | A large quantity of one half to three quarter inch diameter hail covered the ground. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Haddix | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Haddix | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lost Creek | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Kragon | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Copland | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Flintville | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Quicksand | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Clayhole | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Little | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Watts | 3.5 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.
| Wikipedia article on Haddix | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5637678 | 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 493525. 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.







