BlockHensley, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Oneida census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40962. It stands on Laurel Branch. The Survey maps it on the Barcreek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1891 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Barcreek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Barcreek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
193 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Hensley between 1993 and 2020, burning about 9,830 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 60 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 | 79 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | DRY |
| 27 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | DINKIE |
| 25 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | CHAIR |
| 18 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | KUDZU |
| 13 July 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | HOT |
| 7 May 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | HECTOR CHURCH |
| 4 May 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hensley in 1 storm report in 2023: 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hensley | - | A tree was reported to be down near the 8000 block of KY-11 South just SSW of Oneida. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 512665. 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.