BlockLong Bottom, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Jamestown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42629. It stands on Little Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Creelsboro quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Creelsboro quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Long Bottom between 1998 and 2019, burning about 2,838 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 98 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 150 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WHIPPOORWILL FIRE |
| 14 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROWENEA |
| 4 April 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Long Bottom in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Bottom | - | Power lines were blown down at the entrance to Lake Cumberland State Park. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Bottom | - | There were six trees down along South Highway 127 near Wolf Creek Dam. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Bottom | - | Local Russell County law enforcement reported two trees down. One fell across Highway 127 at the entrance to Lake Cumberland State Park, blocking one of the lanes of the highway. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Long Bottom | - | 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 508498. 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.