BlockHowel, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the LaFayette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42262. The Survey maps it on the Herndon quadrangle. It stands 591 feet above sea level.
On record in Howel
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
- Genoalisted 1979
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1951 USGS Herndon quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Herndon quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Herndon quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Herndon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Howel between 2006 and 2010, burning about 39 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | STIGED TAIL |
| 8 March 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 November 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 29 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas (historical) | 1.2 miles | 9 | |
| Garrettsburg | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Herndon | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Stephenson | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Beverly | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Bennettstown | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| LaFayette | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Fidelio | 4.7 miles | 10 |
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 Howel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690661 | 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 494689. 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.