BlockHouckville, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Webbville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41180. It stands on Coalbank Branch. The Survey maps it on the Blaine quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1903 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Blaine quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
77 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Houckville between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,229 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 25 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 | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CANES CREEK ROAD |
| 30 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 201 |
| 3 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | IRISH CREEK |
| 27 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 70 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 April 1999 | Natural | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Houckville in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Houckville | $5,000 | Several creeks and streams across southern Lawrence County came out of their banks. One home south of Louisa suffered minor damage. Another home in the Blaine area was fully surrounded by water, but the water receded before entering the home. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Houckville | - | High water was observed over Route 201 North around Cherokee Church. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orr | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Cherokee | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Winding Stair | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Overda | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Blevins | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Brammer Gap (historical) | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Hannah | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Webbville | 4.7 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122561662 | 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 508285. 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.