BlockJeptha, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Elkfork-Ophir census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41472. It stands on Gillam Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dingus quadrangle. It stands 860 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1889 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Dingus quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dingus quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Dingus quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
140 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Jeptha between 1997 and 2020, burning about 4,278 acres in total. None started naturally. 42 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 | 69 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 1260 |
| 9 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 85 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BEAR BRANCH HWY 437 |
| 2 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HIGHWAY 589 |
| 9 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 174 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RT 437 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jeptha in 1 storm report in 2014: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Jeptha | $1,000 | A foot of water was flowing across Hwy 589 in Jeptha. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Fork (historical) | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| Elkfork | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Dingus | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Elamton | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Crockett | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Moon | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Mima | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Cindas Creek | 3.8 miles | 16 |
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 Jeptha | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690715 | 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 508334. 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.