BlockMountain Ash, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Saxton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40769. It stands on Wolf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Williamsburg quadrangle. It stands 997 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1890 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
152 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Ash between 1993 and 2020, burning about 9,614 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 41 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 burning | 67 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BETHEL |
| 9 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 63 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | BIG PINKIE |
| 7 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FEATHER CREEK FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mountain Ash: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cave Creek-Jowl Mt Shale | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mountain Ash in 5 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Mountain Ash | $10,000 | Whitley County 911 dispatch reported that a water rescue took place along Little Wolf Creek Road near Mountain Ash. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain Ash | - | Trees were reported to have been blown down in the Mountain Ash community. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Mountain Ash | - | Dispatch and local Emergency Management reported flooding throughout the county, including along Wolf Creek River Road south of Pleasant View. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Mountain Ash | - | There was 6 to 8 inches of running water over US 25. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Mountain Ash | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Mountain Ash | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690987 | 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 514123. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.