BlockMannington, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Crofton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42217. The Survey maps it on the Crofton quadrangle. It stands 456 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1912 USGS Nortonville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Crofton quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Crofton quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Mannington between 1998 and 2019, burning about 1,575 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 88 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | QUAD COUNT |
| 26 June 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROADSIDE F |
| 5 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TRESSLE |
| 22 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HOPKINSVILLE ROAD |
| 9 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2012 | Smoking | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MUDDY PANT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mannington in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2014: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2009 | Tornado (EF3) | Mannington | 2 hurt, $150,000 | This was the second and more intense of the tornadoes spawned by a supercell that tracked across Christian County. Near Mannington, a garage was destroyed, and a house was levelled. The main debris pile from the house was about 50 feet away. The 2,500 square-foot house was poorly anchored to the foundation. Two persons in the house were injured. One of the victims was thrown about 70 feet and suffered a broken pelvis. Footage of the tornado was taken by witnesses along the Pennyrile Parkway and shown on a local media outlet. Peak winds were estimated near 140 mph. The tornado tracked a short distance into Hopkins County before lifting. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mannington | $80,000 | The broad area of scattered wind damage continued from southern Hopkins County southeast across northeast Christian County. One small garage had its entire roof blown off. The damage consisted mostly of downed tree limbs averaging 3 to 6 inches in diameter. There were occasional uprooted trees, generally small in size. Tin roofing was peeled off a few barns and outbuildings. The main area of damage in Christian County was east of the Pennyrile Parkway and north of Highway 80. Peak winds were estimated near 90 mph where there was a concentration of uprooted trees southeast of Crofton. The damage area crossed into a large part of northern Todd 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Empire (historical) | 0.6 miles | 12 | |
| Empire | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Grapevine (historical) | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Castleberry (historical) | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Crofton | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Adams (historical) | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Orange Grove (historical) | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| East Macedonia (historical) | 6.2 miles | 12 |
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 Mannington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690897 | 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 497498. 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.