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Long View, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Radcliff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40160. The Survey maps it on the Vine Grove quadrangle.

Long View within Hardin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

15 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Long View between 1999 and 2017, burning about 55 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning2

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
1 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySUNSHINE LANE
28 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryN. DIXIE H
25 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryCUSTER FIR
4 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2009Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.2 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 March 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hardin County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Long View: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
No. 1 Fort Knox QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sandstone RoadcutSilicaProspect

Every working recorded in Hardin County

Storms near this place

8 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Long View in 8 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLong View-Trees were blown down by strong winds along South Wilson Road.
August 2020Flash FloodLong View-Flowing water shut down parts of Boone Road.
May 2016HailLong View-A trained spotter reported pea to penny size hail, along with wind gusts estimated to be near 50 mph.
April 2011Flash FloodLong View-Hardin county EMS reported a low lying portion of Boone Rd. had two feet of water over the road.
June 2009HailLong View-Spotter reported 50 mph winds along with nickle sized hail.
February 2024HailLong View-no account filed
February 2024HailLong View-no account filed
March 2017HailLong View-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hardin 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
Rogersville2.3 miles15
Vine Grove Junction3.1 miles15
Vine Grove3.9 miles15
Radcliff4.0 miles15
Rineyville4.1 miles17
Crest4.6 miles13
Red Hill5.4 miles15
Dietz Acres5.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508502. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.