BlockLambric, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Rousseau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41339. It stands on Spring Fork Quicksand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Guage quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1889 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Guage quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
83 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Lambric between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,257 acres in total. None started naturally. 30 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 | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 May 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 250 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 300 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 30 EAST |
| 7 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 30 |
| 6 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lambric in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. The reports record 10 deaths. 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 | Flash Flood | Lambric | 10 killed | Multiple reports of flash flooding were received across southern Breathitt County during the overnight hours of the 27th into the 28th. These are some of the reports that were made:||10:48 PM EST - A bridge was washed out along Bowling Creek Road near Altro.|10:50 PM EST - Flash flooding was reported near the community of Barwick. |10:56 PM EST - Water was flowing over the road and impacting a bridge on Bowlings Creek Road. (Same as 10:48 PM report).|11:07 PM EST - Pictures on social media show considerable flash flooding along Bowling Creek Road near Altro and the Breathitt/Perry County Line.|11:36 PM EST - Destructive flash flooind was observed at the Altro Church of God. |12:10 AM EST - Flood waters have washed out culverts and destroyed the road on Joe Little Fork Road in the Canoe area of Breathitt County.|12:15 AM EST - (Same as above) Flash flood waters have reportedly washed out culverts along Joe Little Fork Road. |3:08 AM EST - Joe Little Road reportedly received a second flash flood.|6:00 AM EST - Pictures on social media show multiple homes swept away by flash flood waters along Lost Creek, adjacent to the intersection of KY-15 and Lost Creek-Dice Road.|6:00 AM EST - Picture on social media shows 2 homes caught in flash flood waters at Nobles Landing along Troublesome Creek. |
| July 2022 | Flood | Lambric | - | Flash flooding across Breathitt County then led to areal flooding, and record flooding of the North Fork Kentucky River at Jackson. Before the flooding, the North Fork was about 10 feet. Within a few hours, at 5 AM EST on July 28, it reached minor flood stage of 29 feet. It then went on to crest at a record 43.47 feet at 1:30 AM EST July 29th. It fell below flood stage later that day around noon EST. ||Some other flood reports that were received across the county during this time include: ||08:53 AM EST - Kiwanis Park in Jackson was inundated by the North Fork Kentucky River.|09:16 AM EST - A church and a home at the intersection of Joe Little Fork and KY-3237 in Canoe was inundated by flood waters from Joe Little and Canoe Creeks. |10:00 AM EST - A picture shows Old Caney School surrounded by Troublesome Creek flood waters up to the second story near the community of Hardshell.|10:19 AM EST - Douthitt Park ball field is inundated with several feet of water from the North Fork Kentucky River. |10:26 AM EST - Lost Creek Evangelical Free Church along KY-476 is inundated by Troublesome Creek to within a couple feet of the roof. |11:21 AM EST - The intersection of KY-397 and KY-1110 is inundated by the North Fork Kentucky River near the Howard Creek community. |11:40 AM EST - Homes along KY-476 near the intersection with KY-15 are inundated half way up the first story by Troublesome Creek. |12:26 PM EST - Homes in the Lost Creek Community, as well as the Riverside School campus, are inundated by flood waters from Troublesome and Lost Creeks. |1:00 PM EST - A picture shows Canoe Road inundated by the Middle Fork of the Kentucky River in the Canoe community. |2:00 PM EST - Pictures show the electric substation at the intersection of KY-397 and KY-1110 inundated by the North Fork Kentucky River. |2:26 PM EST - KY-1098 in Quicksand is submerged at the intersection of KY-15 from Quicksand Creek flood waters.|2:28 PM EST - Video footage shows South Jackson inundated by the North Fork Kentucky River.|4:00 PM EST - The North Fork KEntucky River began to inundate Slones Trailer Park in Jackson. |4:11 PM EST - A horse barn is submerged to it's roof at Wolverine by the North Fork Kentucky River. |7:10 AM EST (7/29) - Pictures show widespread inundation in downtown Jackson at the intersection of Broadway and Hawk Street.|8:11 AM EST - Pictures on social media show flood waters surrounding the Elkatawa Free Methodist Church. KY-52 is also inundated. |9:25 AM EST - Jackson Save-A-Lot and Tractor Supply Co. were inundated by the North Fork Kentucky River. |9:47 AM EST - Pictures show the North Fork Kentucky River inundating Slones Trailer Park up to the windows of a car. ||Multiple other creeks and streams that fed into the North Fork Kentucky River also experienced extensive flooding. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lambric | - | Ten inch diameter tree down. |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122552704 | 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 508423. 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.