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Mozelle, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Mozelle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40858. It stands on Stone Coal Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hoskinston quadrangle. It stands 1,083 feet above sea level.

Mozelle within Leslie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

208 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 208 fires within 5 miles of Mozelle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 21,813 acres in total. None started naturally. 68 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 burning69
Arson/incendiarism68
Missing data/not specified/undetermined63
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
6 September 2007Debris and open burning25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2007Debris and open burning500 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPOTATO KNOB
24 September 2008Debris and open burning75 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2008Debris and open burning6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2008Debris and open burning40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 September 1999Arson/incendiarism20 acresDaniel Boone National ForestRAVEN ROCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Leslie County

Storms near this place

10 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mozelle in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 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
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMozelle$30,000A front porch was blown off a house. There were multiple trees down across the area. There was also a report of a utility pole blown down.
August 2024HailMozelle-A social media reported showed pictures of hail up to half dollar size. The hail fell off of US-421 at Elmer Lane, between the communities of Mozelle and Helton (closer to Mozelle).
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMozelle-A tree was blown down and onto a power line.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMozelle-Trees and power lines were blown down on US Hwy 421.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMozelle-Trees were blown down.
April 2013FloodMozelle-State Hwy 421 was down to one lane at mile marker 2 due to flood waters on the road.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMozelle-Two trees down on Stone Coal Road. Two trees down blocking Highway 421.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindMozelle-Numerous trees were down along Kentucky Highway 1780.
May 2005HailMozelle-no account filed
April 1999HailMozelle-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Leslie 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
Chappell2.6 miles14
Asher2.9 miles14
Helton3.4 miles25
Warbranch4.2 miles25
Lewis Creek4.4 miles25
Essie5.0 miles14
Hoskinston5.2 miles14
Upper Laurel Fork (historical)5.6 miles25

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 MozelleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14690999The 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 514127. 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.