BlockLamont, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Grahamville-Heath census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42053. It stands on Little Massac Creek. The Survey maps it on the Heath quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 16 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 La Center quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS La Center quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Heath quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Heath quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
22 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Lamont between 1999 and 2016, burning about 161 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 | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MT. ZION C |
| 3 March 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 March 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WOODVILLE |
| 17 March 2009 | 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
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lamont in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 1 flood, 1 hail, 1 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamont | $25,000 | As a very strong thunderstorm line moved through McCracken County, a tree was blown down onto a house near the McCracken/Ballard line. |
| September 2017 | Hail | Lamont | - | Quarter to half-dollar size hail fell in extreme western McCracken County near the Ballard County line. |
| December 2016 | Flood | Lamont | - | A couple miles west of the Paducah airport on old U.S. Highway 60, a car slid into a rain-swollen creek after the driver swerved to avoid hitting a deer. The county sheriff and fire department responded to the scene. The vehicle's operator crawled out of the car and onto the roof, where firefighters rescued her. She was treated at a local hospital for minor injuries. Near the community of Hendron, Kentucky Highways 994 and 1014 were closed due to floodwaters from Champion Creek. Near the Clarks River in eastern McCracken County, a low-lying section of Kentucky 1255 was closed by flooding. All of the flooded locations were among the most flood-prone spots in the county. About 2.5 inches of rain was measured in parts of the county. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Future City | 0.4 miles | 16 | |
| West Future City | 0.5 miles | 16 | |
| Milburn Chapel (historical) | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Heath | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Bayou Church (historical) | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Ceredo | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Camelia | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Maxon Crossing | 3.3 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 495943. 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.