Hall, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Beaver Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41828. It stands on Isaac Fork. The Survey maps it on the Kite quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1890 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1912 USGS Hindman quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Hindman quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Kite quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Kite quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
287 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 287 fires within 5 miles of Hall between 1997 and 2020, burning about 19,454 acres in total. None started naturally. 71 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 | 124 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 71 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 62 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 28 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 22 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RHODES BRANCH |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hall in 1 storm report in 2001: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2001 | Hail | Hall | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puncheon | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Dry Creek | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Martinsville (historical) | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Kite | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Omaha | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Drew | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Hollybush | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Sylvester (historical) | 5.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508162. 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.








