BlockMoores Creek, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Annville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40402. The Survey maps it on the Tyner quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1891 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Tyner quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Tyner quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
121 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Moores Creek between 1997 and 2019, burning about 2,032 acres in total. None started naturally. 29 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 | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PEOPLE'S FIRE |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 May 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 290#2 |
| 5 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 290#1 |
| 9 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PH YOUNG |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moores Creek in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moores Creek | $5,000 | Trees were blown down along KY Hwy 577 in Moores Creek. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moores Creek | - | A tree was downed and blocking Moores Creek School Road in the community of Moores Creek. |
| August 2000 | Flash Flood | Moores Creek | - | Debris and water covered a road near Moore's Creek. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Hill | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Buffalo (historical) | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Cornelius | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Bond | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Lewis (historical) | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Annville | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Royrader | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Peoples | 3.1 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 514047. 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.