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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000
- 1890 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1915 USGS Regina quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Regina quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Regina quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1917 USGS Regina quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Lick Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Lick Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
150 since 1995Regional 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 burning | 59 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FEDS CREEK |
| 6 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 90 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BIG HACKNEY'S CREEK |
| 26 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 85 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LICK CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2010Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mouthcard | $8,000 | The roof was partially torn from a home in Mouthcard. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mouthcard | $5,000 | Trees were reported down along KY Hwy 460 near the Virginia state line. |
| December 2013 | Flood | Mouthcard | $1,000 | KY 460 near Mouthcard was closed due to flooding. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mouthcard | $500 | Multiple trees and power lines were reported down in the community of Mouthcard. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Mouthcard | - | The Fedscreek Co-op observer reported that water was flowing over the road along Big Card Road near the junction with Hwy-460. |
| March 2021 | Heavy Rain | Mouthcard | - | The cooperative observing station near Mouthcard measured 2.05 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period. |
| March 2021 | Debris Flow | Mouthcard | - | All 3 lanes of US-460 are blocked at mile marker 22 due to a mudslide. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mouthcard | - | 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mouthcard | - | Dispatch relayed a report of a tree down in Mouthcard. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mouthcard | - | Two trees were blown down in Mouthcard. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Mouthcard | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fedscreek | 1.4 miles | 20 | |
| Toonerville | 1.6 miles | 22 | |
| Hackney Creek (historical) | 1.9 miles | 22 | |
| Lick Creek | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Motley (historical) | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Biggs | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Dunlap | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Nigh | 3.3 miles | 19 |
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.











