BlockMoorman, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Central City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42330. It lies near Cemetery Hill (historical). The Survey maps it on the Livermore quadrangle. It stands 440 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1909 USGS Central City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Livermore quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Moorman between 1998 and 2010, burning about 66 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moorman in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moorman | $70,000 | The roof was blown off a large shed. Moderate damage occurred to grain bins. A steel beam shed was blown off its foundation. A power pole was down. The damage area was about 300 yards wide and one-quarter mile long. |
| April 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Moorman | $40,000 | One home received damage due to a large tree falling on the roof. The community baseball park was damaged. A blocked building and some fencing was severely damaged. Peak winds were estimated near 85 MPH. The north side of the tornado ran along some railroad tracks which run east to west through the middle of Moorman. The tornado lifted near the Ohio County border. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moorman | $1,000 | A large tree was down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stroud | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| South Carrollton | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Sunnyside (historical) | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Bremen | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Spring Ridge (historical) | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Gishton | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Lynn City | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Nelson | 6.2 miles | 15 |
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 Moorman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6908433 | 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 498570. 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.