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Hume, Kentucky

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Walton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41092. The Survey maps it on the Verona quadrangle.

Hume within Boone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

5 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Hume between 2004 and 2014, burning about 32 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/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
26 March 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryMUD LICK
2 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 November 2011Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBACKWATERS
30 October 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBIG BONE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boone County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hume: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Patriot Aggregate PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Boone County

Storms near this place

1 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hume in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2019Thunderstorm WindHume$1,000A tree was knocked down.

Every storm recorded in Boone County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Beaverlick2.9 miles11
Big Bone3.4 miles12
Verona3.8 miles9
Hamilton4.1 miles12
Walton6.4 miles11
Hueys Corners7.1 miles11
Kensington7.2 miles11
Union7.4 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508295. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.