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Lida, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Bush census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40741. It stands on Blackwater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Blackwater quadrangle.

Lida within Laurel County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

137 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Lida between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,899 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 51 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
Arson/incendiarism51
Debris and open burning44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Recreation and ceremony14
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2007Natural35 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 September 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryTOMCAT #2
19 September 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryTOMCAT #1
15 September 2019Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryTOWN BRANCH
18 July 2007Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestTUTTLE
7 May 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 May 2000Debris and open burning15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laurel County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lida in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008Thunderstorm WindLida$12,000Several trees were blown down. One tree landed on and crushed the back of a pickup truck.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindLida-One small tree and half of another tree was blown down in the vicinity of Memory Lane, east of London.
September 2024HailLida-A member of the public reported up to 1 inch hail in eastern Laurel County near KY-80.
May 2016HailLida-One inch diameter hail observed.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLida-A tree was blown down.

Every storm recorded in Laurel 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Cane Creek1.9 miles13
Marydell2.3 miles13
Sasser2.4 miles13
Lake2.7 miles13
Blackwater2.9 miles13
Laurel River Neighborhood3.1 miles13
Lesbas3.2 miles13
Bush3.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 513419. 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.