BlockLake City, Kentucky
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Smithland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42045. It stands on Russell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grand Rivers quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 20 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.
- 1928 USGS Eddyville quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Eddyville quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Eddyville quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Grand Rivers quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Eddyville quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Grand Rivers quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Grand Rivers quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Grand Rivers quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
20 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Lake City between 1998 and 2019, burning about 345 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2002 | Smoking | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | CANAL LOOP |
| 3 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | NICKELL |
| 16 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GARBAGE FIRE |
| 11 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 221 acres | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | NICKELL BRANCH |
| 14 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 198 STATE ROUTE 1710 |
| 29 March 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DOVER ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lake City: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake City Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Reed Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake City in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 2 hail, 2 flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | $50,000 | Many trees were blown down. There was damage to cell phone towers. The damage was near mile marker 34 on Interstate 24. |
| May 2010 | Flood | Lake City | $5,000 | High water levels on Kentucky Lake caused flooding of a marina, boat ramps, and lake access roads. Water backed up into bays and tributary creeks, causing flooding inland from the lake. Large parts of Kentucky Lake were closed to recreational boating by order of the Coast Guard. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | - | A wind gust to 59 mph was measured on top of Kentucky Dam. |
| May 2010 | Flood | Lake City | - | The Cumberland River remained steady at very high levels as releases from Barkley Dam were maintained near record levels. About a dozen residences stayed flooded, and others remained vacant because they were isolated by floodwaters. The communities that were heavily affected were Iuka, Lake City, and Tiline. Most of the flooded residences were in the Lake City area, where water was up to the windows of some houses. Iuka, a community of about 35 residents, was essentially an island surrounded by floodwaters. There was extensive flooding of fields and woods. Livestock rescue efforts were conducted around Iuka. A number of roads were closed, including State Routes 917 and 93. The Coast Guard closed the Cumberland River to all boating traffic. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Lake City | - | The hail was reported at exit 31 on Interstate 24 by a National Weather Service employee. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Lake City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Rivers | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Iuka | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Stanley Landing | 3.8 miles | 23 | |
| Cooper Landing | 5.1 miles | 23 | |
| Newbern | 5.4 miles | 23 | |
| Heater | 8.7 miles | 19 | |
| Tiline | 10.0 miles | 18 | |
| Upper Hodge Landing | 10.9 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508418. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.