BlockKeno, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Burnside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42519. It lies near Thatch Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Burnside quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1932 USGS Burnside quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Burnside quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Burnside quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
83 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Keno between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,579 acres in total. None started naturally. 36 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | OLE HIGHWAY 27 |
| 10 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | ARCH |
| 30 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | BUCK KNOB FIRE II |
| 3 June 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | JEEP |
| 27 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JERU KNOB |
| 18 June 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 May 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | CURT POND |
| 11 May 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 7.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | MCSWAIN CIRCLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keno in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2022: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Hail | Keno | - | Station KY-PL-8 reported hail up to quarter-size (1.00 inch) approximately 4.2 miles south southeast of Burnside. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Keno | - | A trained spotter observed nickel sized hail south of Burnside. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 513123. 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.