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Moreland, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hustonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40437. The Survey maps it on the Junction City quadrangle.

Moreland within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

15 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Moreland between 1998 and 2019, burning about 238 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
26 June 2012Railroad operations and maintenance75 acresKentucky Division of ForestryRANGE FIRE
14 April 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPOWER LINE
10 April 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMORLAND
1 April 2015Arson/incendiarism25 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBOWEN
8 March 2009Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 March 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 March 2019Debris and open burning7.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHARRIS CREEK
27 March 2014Debris and open burning50 acresKentucky Division of ForestryTURKEY FOOT GAP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

6 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moreland in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMoreland-Trees were down on Black Pike near Hustonville.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindMoreland-The Lincoln County emergency manager reported several downed trees blocking Mayme Lane near the town of Moreland.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindMoreland-Trees and power lines were downed near Highway 78.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMoreland-A roof was blown off of a small patio.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindMoreland-Trees were downed.
May 2002HailMoreland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Milledgeville1.0 miles11
Hustonville2.2 miles8
Harris Creek (historical)2.4 miles11
Chicken Bristle2.7 miles8
McCormack (historical)4.0 miles13
Turnersville4.1 miles8
McKinney4.7 miles8
Blue Lick5.7 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 498576. 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.