BlockMorehead, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Central City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42330. It lies near Cherry Hill. The Survey maps it on the Central City West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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
- 1953 USGS Central City West quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Central City West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Central City West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
63 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Morehead between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,879 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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 | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 503 COMPLEX |
| 7 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GOVERNMENT |
| 24 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 July 2012 | Natural | 1.1 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BIG TREE S |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morehead in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morehead | $1,000 | Observed wind gust at mesonet station GFSK2, Greenville KY. The wind gust was reported with the hourly observation at 0855CST with the time estimated by radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercer | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Cherry Hill (historical) | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Hillside | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Dovey (historical) | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Nebo | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Powderly | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Prospect (historical) | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Central City | 3.2 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.
| Wikidata item Q49357153 | 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 508636. 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.