BlockJohnsville, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Foster census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41043. It stands on Big Run. The Survey maps it on the Moscow quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1931 USGS Felicity quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Moscow quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Moscow quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Moscow quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Johnsville between 2002 and 2007, burning about 22 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 February 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 11 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Johnsville in 9 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsville | $20,000 | The roof was partially removed from the Salem Ridge Wesleyan Church. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsville | $15,000 | A home on Western Hills Road received damage to its shingles. Also, damage occurred to a shed and to a pool. Finally, several trees and power lines were knocked down. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsville | $5,000 | Several trees were knocked down along Courts Hill Road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsville | $4,000 | A tree fell onto power lines. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsville | $3,000 | Trees were downed due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsville | $1,000 | A tree was downed. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsville | $1,000 | A large tree limb was downed on Salem Ridge Road due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsville | $1,000 | Two trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Johnsville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Wellsburg | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Willow Grove | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Woolcott | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Rock Springs | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Cumminsville | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Bladeston | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Berlin | 4.1 miles | 6 |
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 Johnsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q25021837 | 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 495435. 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.