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Modoc, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kettle-Peytonsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42717. It lies near Storehouse Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Frogue quadrangle.

Modoc within Cumberland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

47 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Modoc between 1998 and 2020, burning about 439 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony13
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Smoking1

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 April 2010Railroad operations and maintenance30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 April 2007Recreation and ceremony12 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 April 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryROBERT RIDGE
25 April 2009Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 April 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 April 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMODOC
15 April 2016Recreation and ceremony13 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPAT MELTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cumberland 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 Modoc: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Cadmium, Germanium. 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
BurkesvilleZinc, Cadmium, GermaniumPast ProducerSphalerite
Grider MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Cumberland County

Storms near this place

7 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Modoc in 7 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2025Thunderstorm WindModoc-There were multiple trees down on State Road 449.
May 2024Flash FloodModoc-Kentucky Route 90 was briefly closed due to flooding.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindModoc-There was a tree down on Sexton Fork Road near Highway 449.
April 2015HailModoc-The county Emergency Manager reported nickel size hail.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindModoc-Trees were blown down across Highway 1351.
July 1997HailModoc-Dime size hail reported by a spotter.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindModoc-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cumberland 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
Long Ridge0.7 miles15
Green Grove1.8 miles15
Hegira2.5 miles15
Bow2.9 miles10
Kettle3.9 miles15
Tanbark4.4 miles14
Frogue4.8 miles15
Burkesville5.2 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508622. 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.