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Marrowbone, Kentucky

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Hellier census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41522. It stands on Plymale Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hellier quadrangle. It stands 755 feet above sea level.

Marrowbone within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

225 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 225 fires within 5 miles of Marrowbone between 1997 and 2020, burning about 13,962 acres in total. None started naturally. 43 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 burning80
Missing data/not specified/undetermined69
Arson/incendiarism43
Recreation and ceremony30
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLOWER POMPEY
3 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHONEY FORK
19 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJOHN MOORES BRANCH
12 September 2002Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 2002Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 July 2007Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 June 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 June 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike 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 Marrowbone: 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Highway 80 RoadcutClayProspect
Roadcut ShaleClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Pike County

Storms near this place

13 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marrowbone in 13 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMarrowbone$20,000Local law enforcement reported that a roof had been blown off a commercial building due to thunderstorm wind gusts on Hwy 460 near the Marrowbone Community in Pike County.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMarrowbone$5,000There were trees blown down onto a residence along Road Creek road.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMarrowbone$3,000Trees and power lines blown down.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMarrowbone$1,000A large tree was blown down across KY Hwy 195.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindMarrowbone$1,000A tree was blown down and across a road near Marrowbone.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMarrowbone-Trees were blown down along US-460 between mile markers 9 and 10 (near intersection with KY-195).
April 2018Thunderstorm WindMarrowbone-Local Emergency Management reported structural damage in and around Marrowbone southeast of Pikeville. A tree was blown onto a mobile home at Willow Tree Hollow, injuring one person inside. A home on Blair Adkins Road at Yellow Hill had its roof blown off.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindMarrowbone-Trees were blown down on Marrowbone Creek.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindMarrowbone-One tree was down in the town of Marrowbone and another tree was down in the Blackberry area, also near Marrowbone.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindMarrowbone-Numerous trees were blown down along Kentucky Route 648.
June 2000FloodMarrowbone-Water was reported flowing over roads in the area due to heavy rains.
May 2003HailMarrowbone-no account filed
July 2003HailMarrowbone-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pike 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
Wolfpit1.0 miles19
Daniels Creek (historical)1.4 miles18
Road Junction1.7 miles19
Ratliff1.8 miles19
Draffin2.0 miles19
Dry Fork2.6 miles19
Venters2.7 miles19
Belcher2.7 miles20

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 MarrowboneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6773033The 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 517534. 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.