Mize, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Grassy Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41352. It stands on Caskey Fork. The Survey maps it on the Cannel City quadrangle. It stands 817 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1889 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Cannel City quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Cannel City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
80 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Mize between 1998 and 2020, burning about 726 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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 burning | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | UPPER LONG |
| 3 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 May 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 125 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | UPPER LONG BRANCH |
| 7 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mize in 10 storm reports between 2001 and 2019: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2012 | Tornado (EF2) | Mize | $100,000 | A storm damage team from the National Weather Service office in Jackson, Kentucky confirmed that an EF-2 tornado touched down in Morgan county on February 29, 2012. The tornado touched down about 6 miles southwest of West Liberty near the town of Grassy Creek. The tornado track was not continuous, but instead made several touchdowns and liftoffs before dissipating near the community of Malone. Winds were estimated at around 120 mph. Several structures were damaged along the path of the tornado, with the most extreme damage occurring to a residential structure in the Malone area. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mize | $10,000 | Dispatch reported trees blown down on U.S. Highway 460 near Murphy Fork Road west of Mize. Tree damage also occurred near Cannel City while a utility pole was snapped. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mize | $8,000 | The roof was blown off a barn. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mize | $1,000 | Winds caused a tree to blow down on telephone lines. |
| February 2019 | Flash Flood | Mize | - | Swift water was observed flowing over the roadway near Grassy Creek by a citizen. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mize | - | A tree was blown down and across a phone line on Hwy 203. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mize | - | Multiple trees were blown down on Hwy 460. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mize | - | Several large limbs down. Limbs blocked one lane of the road. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mize | - | Numerous trees were down on Highways 203 and 460. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Mize | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grassy Creek | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Pekin | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Caskey Fork (historical) | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Rexville | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Right Fork (historical) | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Nickell | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Murphyfork | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Bonny | 3.4 miles | 14 |
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 Mize | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6884613 | 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 508620. 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.







