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Hilda, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Hilda-Triplett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40351. It stands on Jane Branch. The Survey maps it on the Farmers quadrangle.

Hilda within Rowan County

On record in Hilda

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 11 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

55 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Hilda between 1997 and 2019, burning about 409 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Debris and open burning18
Recreation and ceremony8
Arson/incendiarism6
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
22 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBRATTON BRANCH
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 August 1999Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 August 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 August 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 April 2002Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryEXIT 133

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rowan County

Storms near this place

15 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hilda in 15 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 flood, 2 hail. 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
April 2024Thunderstorm WindHilda$10,000A roof was blown off a storage building near the community of Hilda.
December 2019FloodHilda$3,500The county Emergency Manager reported flooding on Kentucky Highway 377 near Munson and on Big Woods Road near Hilda.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindHilda$2,500Power lines were downed due to a broken power pole near Hilda.
August 2013Flash FloodHilda$1,000Water was flowing across Hwy 32 where it intersects I-64 near Morehead.
June 2021Heavy RainHilda-The mesonet station in Rowan County measured 1.58 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindHilda-Dispatch relayed a report of a tree blown down on Bluestone Road west of Morehead.
April 2017HailHilda-A citizen reported penny sized hail near Hilda.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindHilda-Law enforcement reported numerous trees down in and around Morehead. This includes the north end of Kentucky Highway 32, both ends of U.S. Highway 60, and Ridgeway Drive.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindHilda-An NWS storm survey revealed multiple trees snapped and uprooted at a residence on Treebrook Lane as well as additional tree damage along Highways 158 and 32 north of Morehead.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindHilda-Trees were blown down on Bratton Branch Road.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindHilda-Trees and large limbs were blown down making Jackson Drive impassable.
April 2011Flash FloodHilda-Big Woods Rd off of route 32 was closed due to 18 inches of water swiftly flowing over the road.
May 2010FloodHilda-One lane of west bound I-64 was closed at mile marker 138 due to high water in Morehead.
May 2010Flash FloodHilda-Water was reported over the road on Hwy 32 near the Guardian Factory in Morehead.
May 2011HailHilda-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rowan 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
Smile1.6 miles8
Big Brushy (historical)1.8 miles8
Sharkey2.8 miles11
Cranston4.2 miles8
Ramey5.3 miles11
Morehead5.5 miles11
Christy5.8 miles11
Rodburn5.8 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 512704. 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.