Howe Valley, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Summit census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42724. The Survey maps it on the Howe Valley quadrangle. It stands 682 feet above sea level.
On record in Howe Valley
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Blue Ball Churchlisted 1988
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1932 USGS Big Clifty quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Big Clifty quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Howe Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Howe Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Howe Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Howe Valley between 2002 and 2020, burning about 162 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 | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 April 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TOM DUVALL LANE |
| 2 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SAINT JOHN'S |
| 12 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SOUTH GRANDVIEW CHURCH ROAD |
| 11 April 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LAUREL RIDGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vertrees | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Perryville | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Franklin Cross Roads | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Four Corners | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Stephensburg | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Old Stephensburg | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Hansbrough | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Saint John | 6.5 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 Howe Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690660 | 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 494687. 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.









