BlockLick Creek, Kentucky
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Fedscreek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41540. It stands on Elswick Fork. The Survey maps it on the Lick Creek quadrangle. It stands 925 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000
- 1890 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1915 USGS Regina quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Regina quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Regina quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1917 USGS Regina quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Lick Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Lick Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
167 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of Lick Creek between 1997 and 2020, burning about 13,662 acres in total. None started naturally. 37 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 | 64 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HONEY FORK |
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 206 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GRAPEVINE |
| 18 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BIG HACKNEY'S CREEK |
| 26 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 210 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DUNLEARY |
| 9 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SLICK ROCK |
| 7 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 85 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lick Creek in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2017: 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Lick Creek | $50,000 | Water was flowing over private bridges undermining and destroying one with the water from Lock Creek flowing over Highway 1373 at Lick Creek. Water estimated at one to four feet deep was flowing over portions of Elswick Fork Rd along Elswich Fork of Lick Creek, removing pavement from 10 and 40 yard sections of the roadway. Water along Elswick Fork reached into an SUV and to the bottom of porches at several homes. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lick Creek | - | Law enforcement observed a tree down west of Fedscreek. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Lick Creek | - | Quarter sized hail completely covered the ground. |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Lick Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6543426 | 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 508455. 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.