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Hisel, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Sandgap census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40447. The Survey maps it on the Alcorn quadrangle.

Hisel within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

81 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Hisel between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,908 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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 burning34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Arson/incendiarism18
Recreation and ceremony6

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 September 2002Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
31 August 1999Arson/incendiarism35 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestHARRISON CEMETERY
8 June 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hisel: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Platinum, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Platinum, Silver. 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
J.W.Miller ProspectZinc, Lead, Platinum, SilverProspect
Rose ProspectLead, Platinum, ZincProspect

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hisel in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2014: 4 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
July 2014HailHisel-Quarter size hail was reported near Hisel.
May 2010HailHisel-Golf ball size hail fell in Hisel.
March 2012HailHisel-no account filed
June 2008HailHisel-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Indian Spring (historical)0.9 miles15
Sinking Valley (historical)1.2 miles15
Alcorn1.9 miles15
Chestnut Flat (historical)2.7 miles15
Baker (historical)2.8 miles16
Kerby Knob2.8 miles15
Brazil3.1 miles15
Durham Ridge (historical)3.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 512718. 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.