Matlock, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Woodburn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42104. The Survey maps it on the Drake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1921 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:62500
- 1923 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Drake quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Drake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Matlock between 1999 and 2012, burning about 24 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 November 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WILL PAYNE |
| 26 October 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Matlock in 2 storm reports in 2019: 2 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.
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 Union (historical) | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| White Chapel (historical) | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Drake | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Woodburn | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Old Trinity (historical) | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Plano | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Boyce | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Old Zion (historical) | 4.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508558. 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.






