BlockMoscow, Kentucky
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Clinton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42031. It stands on Hurricane Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cayce quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1939 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Cayce quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1970 USGS Cayce quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS Sikeston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Moscow between 2004 and 2010, burning about 7 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 November 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BURCHAM LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moscow in 3 storm reports between 2022 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moscow | $10,000 | The Kentucky Transportation cabinet reported numerous trees were down across Hickman County. Quite a few trees were down on Highway 239 near the Fulton County line. Trees were also down along Kentucky Highways 58 and 1708 east of Clinton. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moscow | $1,000 | A tree was across the road. |
| January 2025 | Flood | Moscow | - | Water covered KY-780 at Titsworth Road. Approximately 2 to 2.5 inches of rain had fallen in this area when the road was closed, with an addition half an inch or so falling during the evening hours. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakton | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Clinton | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Whaynes Corner | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Scott | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Hailwell | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| New Chapel (historical) | 6.9 miles | 18 | |
| Midway (historical) | 7.6 miles | 18 | |
| Zion (historical) | 7.8 miles | 18 |
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 Moscow | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20658082 | 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 498655. 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.