Hode, Kentucky
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Warfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41267. It stands on Little Elk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Webb quadrangle. It stands 630 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 25 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.
- 1887 USGS Warfield quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Warfield quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1910 USGS Naugatuck quadrangle1:48000
- 1912 USGS Naugatuck quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Naugatuck quadrangle1:48000
- 1917 USGS Naugatuck quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1926 USGS Naugatuck quadrangle1:62500
- 1928 USGS Naugatuck quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Webb quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Webb quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
356 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 356 fires within 5 miles of Hode between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24,424 acres in total. None started naturally. 195 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 195 |
| Debris and open burning | 94 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | LITTLE BILLY'S BR |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | OLD KERMIT GRADE SCHOOL |
| 22 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.1 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | MARROWBONE JUNCTION |
| 12 September 2002 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WARFIELD C |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hode in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2022: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hode | $1,000 | Trees were blown down onto power lines in the community of Hode. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hode | - | A tree was blown down on Little Elk off Hode Road. |
| February 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hode | - | A tree was blown down in Hode. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warfield | 2.9 miles | 26 | |
| Beauty | 3.2 miles | 26 | |
| Lovely | 4.3 miles | 26 | |
| West Lovely (historical) | 4.5 miles | 26 | |
| Pilgrim | 6.0 miles | 26 | |
| Inez | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Job | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Castle (historical) | 6.9 miles | 17 |
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 Hode | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690620 | The 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 508260. 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.












