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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.

Mousie within Knott County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

255 since 1997

Regional 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 burning108
Missing data/not specified/undetermined61
Arson/incendiarism57
Recreation and ceremony20
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism75 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 August 1999Arson/incendiarism20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 August 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryTERRY FORK
18 August 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 August 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Knott County

Storms near this place

19 since 2002

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2007Thunderstorm WindMousie$8,000Two trees and power lines down on Highway 550 between Mousie and Hindman.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMousie$3,000Several large tree limbs were blown down in Mousie.
March 2015FloodMousie$1,000Highway 550E was covered by flood water.
April 2015Flash FloodMousie$1,000A foot of water was observed flowing across Hwy 550 near Mousie.
December 2015FloodMousie$1,000High water affected a road in Mousie.
December 2013FloodMousie$1,000Water 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 2020FloodMousie$200Dispatch relayed reports of water over Kentucky Highway 550 near Mousie and Carrie.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMousie-Trees were reported to have been downed on KY-550 near Jones Fork and the community of Mousie.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMousie-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 2016HailMousie-A Skywarn Storm Spotter observed half dollar size hail just east of Mousie.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindMousie-Several trees were blown down and were blocking Hwy 550 between Mousie and Garrett.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindMousie-Two trees were down on Highway 550.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMousie-Thunderstorm winds knocked down a power pole behind the post office.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMousie-There were trees down near the intersection of highway 550 and Four Mile Hollow road.
August 2010Heavy RainMousie-A spotter reported that one inch of rain fell in Mousie between 745 and 815 pm.
April 2007Flash FloodMousie-WYMT reported the 9900 block of East Highway 550 closed due to high water.
April 2006HailMousie-no account filed
April 2002HailMousie-no account filed
July 2002HailMousie-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Knott 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
Porter (historical)2.2 miles17
Bolyn2.3 miles17
Larkslane2.3 miles17
Rock Fork (historical)2.6 miles17
Betty3.0 miles17
Soft Shell3.6 miles17
Handshoe3.9 miles17
Raven4.0 miles17

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 MousieAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6926136The 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.