BlockHamner, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Sturgis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42437. The Survey maps it on the Morganfield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1907 USGS Morganfield quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Morganfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Morganfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Morganfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Hamner between 2004 and 2017, burning about 109 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 December 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | H AND H |
| 12 November 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CALI FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hamner in 1 storm report in 2024: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Hamner | $8,000 | A long track cell produced its second tornado in Union County on the afternoon of July 9th as an EF-1. The tornado began along KY-56W, then moved north to the River View Coal Mine. Along the path, several large trees were uprooted and snapped with significant damage to crops. The most clustered area of snapped trees was along KY-360 just west of Uniontown. The tornado lifted over the Ohio River. Estimated peak winds with this tornado were 100 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shrote | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Harding | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Morganfield | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Grove Center | 3.5 miles | 22 | |
| Spring Grove | 4.8 miles | 22 | |
| Arnold | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Chapman | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Breckinridge Center | 5.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508170. 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.