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Mouthcard, Kentucky

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Fedscreek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41548. It stands on Card Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lick Creek quadrangle.

Mouthcard within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

150 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Mouthcard between 1995 and 2020, burning about 11,231 acres in total. None started naturally. 40 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 burning59
Arson/incendiarism40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Recreation and ceremony19
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFEDS CREEK
6 September 2007Recreation and ceremony90 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBIG HACKNEY'S CREEK
26 August 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 July 2007Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 1999Arson/incendiarism85 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined45 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 April 2011Debris and open burning15 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLICK CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Storms near this place

11 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mouthcard in 11 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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
June 2012Thunderstorm WindMouthcard$8,000The roof was partially torn from a home in Mouthcard.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindMouthcard$5,000Trees were reported down along KY Hwy 460 near the Virginia state line.
December 2013FloodMouthcard$1,000KY 460 near Mouthcard was closed due to flooding.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindMouthcard$500Multiple trees and power lines were reported down in the community of Mouthcard.
July 2022Flash FloodMouthcard-The Fedscreek Co-op observer reported that water was flowing over the road along Big Card Road near the junction with Hwy-460.
March 2021Heavy RainMouthcard-The cooperative observing station near Mouthcard measured 2.05 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period.
March 2021Debris FlowMouthcard-All 3 lanes of US-460 are blocked at mile marker 22 due to a mudslide.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMouthcard-Strong wind gusts blew a large tree down over a road in the community of Mouthcard. Multiple other trees were reported snapped around this area as well.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindMouthcard-Dispatch relayed a report of a tree down in Mouthcard.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMouthcard-Two trees were blown down in Mouthcard.
June 2012HailMouthcard-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pike 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
Fedscreek1.4 miles20
Toonerville1.6 miles22
Hackney Creek (historical)1.9 miles22
Lick Creek2.2 miles19
Motley (historical)2.3 miles20
Biggs2.6 miles19
Dunlap3.1 miles20
Nigh3.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 498969. 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.