BlockLamasco, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Southeast Lyon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42038. The Survey maps it on the Lamasco quadrangle. It stands 561 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Lamasco quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Lamasco quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Lamasco between 1998 and 2012, burning about 22 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 July 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BARRETT RD |
| 6 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 June 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 139 RAMP |
| 16 June 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | BLACK SATURDAY |
| 8 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lamasco in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. 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 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamasco | $3,000 | A state trooper reported trees were downed in his yard by winds estimated near 60 MPH. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamasco | - | Many tree tops were bent over. |
| May 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Lamasco | - | A trained spotter observed a funnel cloud from Interstate 24 near the 54 mile marker. |
| July 2015 | Heavy Rain | Lamasco | - | Water was reported over Interstate 24 at mile marker 54, resulting in a vehicle accident. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renaldo (historical) | 1.2 miles | 8 | |
| Cedar Grove (historical) | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Confederate | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Dewey (historical) | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Eddy Bay | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Dryden Estates | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Rolling Mill (historical) | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Commerce Landing | 4.9 miles | 13 |
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 Lamasco | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690800 | 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 495933. 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.