BlockHopson, Kentucky
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Princeton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42445. The Survey maps it on the Cobb quadrangle. It stands 541 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Cobb quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Cobb quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Hopson between 1999 and 2012, burning about 83 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Smoking | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 June 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 139 RAMP |
| 26 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PERRY |
| 11 November 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROCKCASTLE ROAD |
| 6 October 2008 | Smoking | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 October 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hopson in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Hopson | $100,000 | The tornado touched down on Highway 514 near Highway 139. Partial roof damage was reported to three homes. At least a half dozen barns or outbuildings were damaged or destroyed, mostly in the Caldwell County portion of the track. Four wooden high tension power poles were taken down. At least dozens of trees were snapped or uprooted. Peak winds were estimated near 100 mph. The tornado continued east into Christian County. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopson | $2,000 | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otter Pond | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Cobb | 3.6 miles | 7 | |
| McGowan | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Rock Spring (historical) | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Scottsburg | 6.3 miles | 16 | |
| Friendship | 6.3 miles | 16 | |
| Lebanon (historical) | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Cedar Bluff | 6.8 miles | 16 |
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 Hopson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17492548 | 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 494552. 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.