BlockMarcus, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Goforth-Locust Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41003. It stands on Low Branch Fork Lick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Berry quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1930 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Berry quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Marcus between 1998 and 2014, burning about 62 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 March 1998 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ANTROBUS RD |
| 11 March 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 February 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marcus in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marcus | $2,000 | A couple of trees were downed. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marcus | $1,000 | A tree was reported down across a road. |
| January 2023 | Flash Flood | Marcus | - | Water was flowing across John Denny Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durbintown | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Ezra (historical) | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Callensville (historical) | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Morgan | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Locust Grove | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Doughton | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Fruit Hill (historical) | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Goforth | 6.7 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508540. 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.