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Hagerhill, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Paintsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41222. It stands on Burnt Cabin Branch. The Survey maps it on the Paintsville quadrangle.

Hagerhill within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

245 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 245 fires within 5 miles of Hagerhill between 1997 and 2020, burning about 5,237 acres in total. None started naturally. 54 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 burning82
Recreation and ceremony56
Arson/incendiarism54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Railroad operations and maintenance4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCOLEMAN BRANCH
9 September 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryROUTE 302
7 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 2007Debris and open burning170 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMIDDLE FORK
4 September 2007Debris and open burning50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 1998Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2008Debris and open burning30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2008Debris and open burning25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hagerhill: 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Levisa Fork Sandstone PitSilicaPast Producer
East Point RoadcutClayProspect
Whippoorwill Branch ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

11 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hagerhill in 11 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2014Flash FloodHagerhill$10,000Severe flood damage along KY 1750 near Paintsville made the road impassable.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHagerhill-A tree was downed onto the road near 571 State Hwy 1750, near the intersection with US-23 and the community of Collista.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHagerhill-A tree was down across SR-1428 between mile markers 1 and 2 in the Hagerhill community.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindHagerhill-Trees and limbs were blown down near the Hagerhill community.
May 2017HailHagerhill-A trained spotter observed nickel sized hail along U.S. Highway 23 south of Paintsville.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindHagerhill-A tree was blown down and onto KY 1705 at East Point.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindHagerhill-Multiple trees were blown down in the Hagerhill and Van Lear communities.
June 2004Flash FloodHagerhill-One foot of water was over Burnt Cabin Road. Water was surrounding a home in Hagerhill. Also, one foot of water was over Highway 302 in Van Lear.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindHagerhill-no account filed
April 2001HailHagerhill-no account filed
May 2001HailHagerhill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnson County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Dawkins0.6 miles17
West Van Lear0.7 miles17
Collista1.7 miles17
Paintsville2.1 miles17
Van Lear2.1 miles17
Thealka2.5 miles17
Thelma2.7 miles17
East Point2.8 miles17

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 HagerhillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5638615The 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 493540. 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.