Hazel Patch, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the East Bernstadt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40729. It lies near Begley Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Bernstadt quadrangle.
On record in Hazel Patch
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Wildcat Mountain Battlefield (Boundary Increase)listed 2006 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1893 USGS London quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS London quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Bernstadt quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Bernstadt quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
247 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 247 fires within 5 miles of Hazel Patch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,606 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 93 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 93 |
| Debris and open burning | 79 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | CROMER RIDGE |
| 18 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hazel Patch in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 6 deaths and 40 injuries. 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 2012 | Tornado (EF2) | Hazel Patch | 6 killed, 40 hurt, $5,000,000 | A storm damage survey team from the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Jackson, Kentucky confirmed that an EF-2 tornado moved across portions of Laurel County on March 2, 2012. The tornado touched down southwest of Wood Creek Lake at 704 pm EST, and tracked northeast crossing I-75 and Highway 490 before lifting just south of the Victory community. Winds were estimated to have reached 125 mph. This tornado damaged or destroyed several residences. Five fatalities occurred on March 2nd with another person dieing on March 23rd from injuries they received as their mobile home was impacted by the tornado on March 2nd. All fatalities occurred in mobile homes. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazel Patch | $25,000 | Straight-line winds lifted a partially constructed cabin/home off it's exposed block pillars along the west side (1434) of F Hubbard Road. |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazel Patch | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazel Patch | $2,000 | Trees were blown down onto power lines in the 2600 block of Hawk Creek Road, as well as the 200 block of John R. Jones Road. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Hazel Patch | - | High water was reported over Hazel Patch Road at Hazel Patch Creek near the intersection with KY-25. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazel Patch | - | Numerous trees were blown down on Hazel Patch Rd. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Hazel Patch | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Green Mountain (historical) | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Lamero | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Mershons | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Oakley | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Victory | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| The Hazel Patch (historical) | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| East Bernstadt | 5.5 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122548065 | The 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 512622. 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.






