BlockHerron Hill, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Tollesboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41179. It stands on Mefford Branch. The Survey maps it on the Charters quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1919 USGS Vanceburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Charters quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Vanceburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Charters quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Herron Hill between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,458 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 70 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FITE HOLLOW |
| 3 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 95 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CABIN CREEK RD |
| 21 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HAPPY HOLLOW |
| 14 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SALT LICK |
| 7 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Herron Hill in 3 storm reports between 2020 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herron Hill | $25,000 | A home was severely damage along Manley Hollow Road. Also, several trees were snapped. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herron Hill | $20,000 | Numerous trees were downed across western portions of Lewis County. |
| February 2025 | Flash Flood | Herron Hill | - | Manley Hollow Road had rushing water across the road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar Flat | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Ribolt | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Charters | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Queens | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Tollesboro | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Covedale | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Glen Springs | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Cottageville | 5.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508226. 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.