BlockHannah, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Blaine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41124. It stands on Deans Branch. The Survey maps it on the Blaine quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1903 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Blaine quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
81 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Hannah between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,218 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 24 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 | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 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 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SCHOOL HOUSE BRANCH |
| 1 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PATRICK BR |
| 9 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CANES CREEK ROAD |
| 30 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 201 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hannah in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 3 flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2012 | Hail | Hannah | $5,000 | Hail damaged windows in one house, plus 5 to 10 vehicles, in the Laurel Creek basin. |
| December 2017 | Flood | Hannah | $2,000 | Multiple roads were closed as several creeks and streams rose out of their banks. This included Kentucky Route 3396 along Smoke Valley Fork and Old Lick Creek Road along Lick Creek and Clayton Branch. The Left Fork of Little Blaine Creek also flooded, closing Left Fork Little Blaine Creek Road. |
| February 2022 | Flood | Hannah | $500 | High water flowed along Buffalo Branch Road. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hannah | $250 | Multiple trees were blown down along local roadways near the town of Hannah. |
| April 2025 | Flood | Hannah | - | Blaine Creek near Blaine exceeded a bankfull level of 17 feet on the afternoon of April 3rd. The creek initially crested late that night, but rose to a second, higher crest around 20.3 feet the afternoon of the 4th. The creek then receded back into its banks early in the morning on the 5th. Blaine Elementary School, Blaine Community Park, a log home downstream of the gauge, low sections of County Route 201, Left and Right Fork Laurel Road, and agricultural fields adjacent to the gauge were flooded in the midst of the swollen creek. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blaine | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Blevins | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Cherokee | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Martha | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Cam Creek (historical) | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Tarkiln (historical) | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Houckville | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Elm Grove (historical) | 4.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508175. 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.