BlockMangum, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Nancy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42553. It lies near Shady Grove Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Mintonville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Mintonville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
21 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Mangum between 1998 and 2010, burning about 252 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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/incendiarism | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 1999 | Natural | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 80 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2000 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 March 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mangum: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Concrete Stone Co. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mangum in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2011: 1 tornado, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Mangum | $35,000 | AN EF1 tornado which moved out of Casey county into Pulaski county partially tore a well built pole barn roof off near the county line. The path length inside Pulaski county was approximately 0.3 miles and the path width was 75 yards. |
| February 2011 | Flood | Mangum | - | Several roads across the county were under water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingbee | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Pointer | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Hogue | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Ansel | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Zion | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Oil Center | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Nancy | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Ingle | 7.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508530. 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.