BlockMoorefield, Kentucky
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Carlisle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40311. The Survey maps it on the Moorefield quadrangle. It stands 988 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Moorefield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Moorefield between 2010 and 2017, burning about 45 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 April 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | NORTH CONVICT RD |
| 18 November 2017 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KISER BRANCH |
| 11 October 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PISGAH ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moorefield in 3 storm reports between 1995 and 2015: 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moorefield | $50,000 | Resident reported several barns down and a few roofs blown off homes, relayed by TV36. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moorefield | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew the windows out of a building. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moorefield | - | The Nicholas County emergency manager reported trees down in the area due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weston | 2.4 miles | 7 | |
| Sprout | 3.1 miles | 7 | |
| East Union | 3.5 miles | 6 | |
| Myers | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Upper Blue Licks | 5.7 miles | 6 | |
| Carlisle | 5.8 miles | 6 | |
| Milltown | 6.1 miles | 6 | |
| Hickory Ridge (historical) | 7.2 miles | 6 |
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 Moorefield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6908282 | 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 498562. 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.