BlockKinniconick, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Vanceburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41179. It stands on Grassy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Vanceburg quadrangle. It stands 686 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1919 USGS Vanceburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Vanceburg quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Vanceburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Vanceburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Kinniconick between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,645 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FULLER BRANCH |
| 8 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | VANCEBURG HILL |
| 6 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1,000 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kinniconick in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2016: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinniconick | $10,000 | Trees were downed across the county due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Kinniconick | $10,000 | Several roads were closed across the southern half of the county due to high water. The high water also made it to some homes in the area. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinniconick | $5,000 | Trees downed across highway 344. |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Kinniconick | $3,000 | Heavy rainfall caused several creeks to overflow their banks. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinniconick | $1,000 | A large tree was uprooted along Kentucky Route 59 near mile maker 17. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Kinniconick | $1,000 | High water was reported over roadways due to heavy rainfall. |
| April 2014 | Flood | Kinniconick | - | High water was reported across State Routes 59, 344, and 989 due to heavy rainfall. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Kinniconick | - | The quarter size hail caused nearly five acres of tobacco crop to be destroyed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stricklett | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Clarksburg | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Vanceburg | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Charters | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Tannery | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Awe | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Buena Vista | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Rugless | 7.1 miles | 8 |
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 Kinniconick | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6414107 | 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 495779. 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.