BlockKennedy, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Oak Grove-Pembroke census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42262. The Survey maps it on the Oak Grove quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1944 USGS Clarksville quadrangle1:50000
- 1951 USGS Oak Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Clarksville quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Oak Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Oak Grove quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Kennedy between 2005 and 2010, burning about 94 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2007 | Other causes | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | DURRETT FIRE |
| 20 August 2007 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 November 2005 | Smoking | 8.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 October 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 18 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MURRY |
| 17 October 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kennedy in 1 storm report in 2010: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kennedy | $50,000 | The microburst damage extended from along the Kentucky/Tennessee border northeastward to the Todd County border. Many dozens of trees were uprooted or broken. A barn was levelled. Several other barns received moderate to major damage. A few homes suffered minor damage, such as partial loss of shingles and porch damage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgoten | 0.7 miles | 10 | |
| Hensleytown | 0.7 miles | 10 | |
| Oak Grove | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Barkers Mill | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Elmo | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Douglas (historical) | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Fidelio | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Garrettsburg | 6.9 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 495643. 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.