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Moree, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Inez census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41250. It stands on Aldridge Branch. The Survey maps it on the Thomas quadrangle.

Moree within Martin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

46 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Moree between 1997 and 2020, burning about 4,872 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism8
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
21 September 2008Debris and open burning327 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHWY 1714 CANEY
18 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 1997Debris and open burning35 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 2010Debris and open burning185 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBIG BRANCH
6 April 2013Debris and open burning25 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMARTIN COUNTY COAL
6 April 1999Arson/incendiarism40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 April 2020Arson/incendiarism11 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMEATHOUSE ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Martin County

Storms near this place

4 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moree in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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
June 1998Flash FloodMoree$5,000Wolf Creek overflowed its banks. Houses and roads flooded.
March 2021FloodMoree-Route 122 is blocked due to high water across the road along Bucks Branch (creek).
August 2012Thunderstorm WindMoree-Trees were blown down along Meathouse Creek.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindMoree-Trees downed.

Every storm recorded in Martin 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
Laura3.3 miles20
McClure3.3 miles26
Threeforks3.8 miles26
Davella6.8 miles16
Pilgrim7.1 miles26
Debord7.8 miles16
West Lovely (historical)8.8 miles26
Beauty9.0 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508635. 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.