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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.

Hazel Patch within Laurel County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

247 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism93
Debris and open burning79
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Recreation and ceremony16
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 2007Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2007Debris and open burning8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 September 2009Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestCROMER RIDGE
18 September 2007Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 2007Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laurel County

Storms near this place

7 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2012Tornado (EF2)Hazel Patch6 killed, 40 hurt, $5,000,000A 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 2022Thunderstorm WindHazel Patch$25,000Straight-line winds lifted a partially constructed cabin/home off it's exposed block pillars along the west side (1434) of F Hubbard Road.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindHazel Patch$5,000no account filed
April 2022Thunderstorm WindHazel Patch$2,000Trees 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 2022Flash FloodHazel Patch-High water was reported over Hazel Patch Road at Hazel Patch Creek near the intersection with KY-25.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindHazel Patch-Numerous trees were blown down on Hazel Patch Rd.
April 2009HailHazel Patch-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Laurel County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Symbol3.5 miles15
Green Mountain (historical)3.7 miles15
Lamero4.3 miles15
Mershons4.4 miles15
Oakley5.1 miles15
Victory5.2 miles14
The Hazel Patch (historical)5.3 miles15
East Bernstadt5.5 miles15

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 Q122548065The 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.