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Meece, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Somerset census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42501. It lies near Haynes Knob. The Survey maps it on the Somerset quadrangle.

Meece within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

58 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Meece between 1994 and 2017, burning about 1,230 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 burning33
Recreation and ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
22 September 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 September 1999Smoking2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 August 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 August 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 June 2012Debris and open burning40 acresKentucky Division of ForestryRADIO TOWE
29 June 2012Debris and open burning6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryRADIO TOWE
17 June 2007Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 May 2007Recreation and ceremony10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

6 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meece in 6 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMeece$1,000Dispatch reported a tree down and onto powerlines along KY-1643 near the community of Meece.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMeece$1,000A tree was blown down on Hwy 769 southeast of Somerset.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindMeece-A couple of trees were downed and blocking the road near the intersection of Clay Hill Road and Kettlehead Road, ESE of the Ruth community.
May 2025HailMeece-A trained spotter reported estimated golf ball sized hail east of the Meece community.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMeece-A tree was reported down northeast of the Meece Community.
May 2003HailMeece-Three quarter inch diameter hail was reported on Haynes Knob.

Every storm recorded in Pulaski 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
Northfield1.5 miles11
Colo1.8 miles14
Alcalde2.9 miles11
Ruth3.3 miles11
Hail3.4 miles17
Poplarville3.8 miles14
Hargis4.5 miles17
Elihu4.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508586. 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.