BlockHoskinston, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Mozelle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40844. It stands on Stinnett Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hoskinston quadrangle. It stands 935 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1891 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1916 USGS Hyden quadrangle1:48000
- 1919 USGS Hyden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Hoskinston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Hoskinston quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
202 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Hoskinston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,012 acres in total. None started naturally. 65 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 burning | 77 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 65 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 799 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 90 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hoskinston in 9 storm reports between 2001 and 2013: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Hoskinston | $10,000 | KY Highway 2009 was reported to be washed away and in another section flood water was reported to be over a bridge. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoskinston | $5,000 | Trees down, completely blocking the road on Highway 2009. Electric and power poles broke. Trees down, completely blocking Highway 699 towards Cutshin. Other trees down countywid. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoskinston | $1,000 | A 75 year old apple tree was blown down. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoskinston | - | Trees were blown down on Hwy 421. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Hoskinston | - | High water from Beech Fork in southern Leslie county was beginning to threaten a home. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoskinston | - | Thunderstorm winds brought trees down on Kentucky Highway 421. Two vehicles were damaged as they collided with the trees on the road. |
| January 2006 | Hail | Hoskinston | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Hoskinston | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Hoskinston | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Hoskinston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690657 | 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 512809. 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.