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Heidrick, Kentucky

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Barbourville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40906. It stands on Little Richland Creek. The Survey maps it on the Heidrick quadrangle. It stands 1,001 feet above sea level.

Heidrick within Knox County

On record in Heidrick

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

10 surveys from 18 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

344 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 344 fires within 5 miles of Heidrick between 1997 and 2020, burning about 8,600 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 79 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 burning184
Arson/incendiarism79
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Recreation and ceremony28
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
8 September 2007Debris and open burning35 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 September 2007Debris and open burning60 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burning16 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 2007Debris and open burning60 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 June 2012Debris and open burning63 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySWAN LAKE
23 June 2012Debris and open burning25 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBULL RUN F

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Knox County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Heidrick: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Barbourville ShaleClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Knox County

Storms near this place

9 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Heidrick in 9 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 4 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2020FloodHeidrick$2,500,000Dispatch reported several roads inundated by flood waters and mudslides across the county. These include Kentucky Highway 229 near Heidrick, Kentucky Highway 11 near Barbourville, and Asher Branch Road off of Kentucky Highway 229. Hundreds of individuals experienced a lack of clean water due to mudslides affecting the water supply across the county. Additionally, Emergency Management reported 37 homes impacted by flood waters, particularly along the Cumberland River.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindHeidrick$5,000Trees and power lines were down.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindHeidrick$1,000A tree was blown down along north KY Route 11 near Heidrick.
March 2021Heavy RainHeidrick-The cooperative observer station in the Heidrick community measured 2.80 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period.
June 2021Heavy RainHeidrick-The cooperative observer in Barbourville measured 2.00 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period.
February 2019FloodHeidrick-An amateur radio operator observed standing water covering the Manchester Street Tunnel just outside of Barbourville.
January 2009FloodHeidrick-Standing water was reported on California Hollow Road, Disapointment Hollow Road, Hammons Fork Road, and Bull Creek Road.
January 2009FloodHeidrick-Several roads around Barbourville were under water including Shymug Hollow, State Highway Garage Road, Kentucky 3153, Black Lick, Green, Waler Road, Hasher Hollow, Emanuel Hollow, and Kentucky 1527.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindHeidrick-Thunderstorm winds blew several trees down in the area.

Every storm recorded in Knox 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
Barbourville1.2 miles17
Apple Grove (historical)1.8 miles17
Boone Heights2.0 miles17
Providence2.1 miles17
Cannon2.5 miles16
Bimble2.6 miles16
Emanuel3.2 miles18
Hinkle3.8 miles16

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.

Wikipedia article on HeidrickAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14690574The 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 494001. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.