BlockLawson, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Oakdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41339. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jackson quadrangle.
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.
- 1889 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
152 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Lawson between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,628 acres in total. None started naturally. 23 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 | 74 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CAVE BRANCH ROAD |
| 16 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 2005 | 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 |
| 11 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lawson in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawson | $3,000 | Several large branches on Highway 541. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawson | $1,000 | A tree was reportedly blown down onto power lines along KY-541 near the Mount Carmel School. |
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Lawson | $1,000 | Three to four feet of water was flowing across Hwy 541 near the Kentucky Mountain Bible College. |
| March 2021 | Flood | Lawson | - | Several homes were reported having been flooded along the Kentucky River on KY-541 near the community of Lawson. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawson | - | A 50 foot tall pine tree was blown down. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawson | - | Several large tree limbs, at least six inches in diameter, were blown down into someones yard. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawson | - | Trees were blown down near the Mount Carmel School. |
| December 2000 | Flood | Lawson | - | Mudslide on KY Hwy 541 near Mount Carmel School. |
| July 1997 | Hail | Lawson | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508430. 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.