Mousie, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Mousie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41839. It stands on Ball Branch. The Survey maps it on the Handshoe quadrangle. It stands 797 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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 Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1912 USGS Hindman quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Hindman quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Handshoe quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Handshoe quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
255 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Mousie between 1997 and 2020, burning about 16,459 acres in total. None started naturally. 57 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 | 108 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 61 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 57 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 August 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TERRY FORK |
| 18 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mousie in 19 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 4 flood, 2 flash 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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mousie | $8,000 | Two trees and power lines down on Highway 550 between Mousie and Hindman. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mousie | $3,000 | Several large tree limbs were blown down in Mousie. |
| March 2015 | Flood | Mousie | $1,000 | Highway 550E was covered by flood water. |
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Mousie | $1,000 | A foot of water was observed flowing across Hwy 550 near Mousie. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Mousie | $1,000 | High water affected a road in Mousie. |
| December 2013 | Flood | Mousie | $1,000 | Water was over the road across sections Hwy 550 East between Mousie and Garrett. The road was impassable in places with anywhere between 2 and 12 inches of water flowing across it. The spotter witnessed a truck becoming submerged in the water and getting stuck. |
| February 2020 | Flood | Mousie | $200 | Dispatch relayed reports of water over Kentucky Highway 550 near Mousie and Carrie. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mousie | - | Trees were reported to have been downed on KY-550 near Jones Fork and the community of Mousie. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mousie | - | Hazard State Highway Patrol relayed a report of a tree down on the 3800 block of KY-1087 in Knott County, near the community of Mousie. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Mousie | - | A Skywarn Storm Spotter observed half dollar size hail just east of Mousie. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mousie | - | Several trees were blown down and were blocking Hwy 550 between Mousie and Garrett. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mousie | - | Two trees were down on Highway 550. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mousie | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down a power pole behind the post office. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mousie | - | There were trees down near the intersection of highway 550 and Four Mile Hollow road. |
| August 2010 | Heavy Rain | Mousie | - | A spotter reported that one inch of rain fell in Mousie between 745 and 815 pm. |
| April 2007 | Flash Flood | Mousie | - | WYMT reported the 9900 block of East Highway 550 closed due to high water. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Mousie | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Mousie | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Mousie | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porter (historical) | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Bolyn | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Larkslane | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Rock Fork (historical) | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Betty | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Soft Shell | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Handshoe | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Raven | 4.0 miles | 17 |
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 Mousie | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6926136 | 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 498964. 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.








