BlockHammond, Kentucky
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Dewitt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40935. It stands on Bell Fork. The Survey maps it on the Scalf quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1886 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1903 USGS Pineville quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Scalf quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Middlesboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Scalf quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
265 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 265 fires within 5 miles of Hammond between 1993 and 2020, burning about 14,935 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 102 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 | 108 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 102 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 718 FIRE |
| 22 June 2002 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 May 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CALLEBS CREEK |
| 2 May 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | not named |
| 15 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hammond in 4 storm reports between 2004 and 2011: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Hammond | $50,000 | A tornado, 210 feet wide, briefly touched down just south of Hammond. It lifted, and touched down again near Hammond. Numerous trees were down and two trailers, two homes, and on garage were damaged. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammond | $1,000 | A tree was blown down on Mills Creek Rd. |
| January 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammond | $1,000 | Storage building blown down. |
| January 2006 | Hail | Hammond | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 512539. 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.