BlockLenore, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Coxs Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40013. It stands on Lasley Run. The Survey maps it on the Samuels quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1949 USGS Samuels quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Shepherdsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Samuels quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Samuels quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
19 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Lenore between 1999 and 2019, burning about 108 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DEATSVILLE |
| 27 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | R J CORMAN FIRE |
| 24 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HIGH GROVE |
| 24 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 March 2000 | 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
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lenore in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 hail. 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 2018 | Hail | Lenore | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Grove (historical) | 2.1 miles | 7 | |
| Highgrove | 3.3 miles | 7 | |
| Coxs Creek | 3.3 miles | 7 | |
| Deatsville | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Samuels | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Hunters | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Bourbon Springs | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Nazareth | 6.5 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508444. 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.