BlockMyers, Kentucky
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Headquarters census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40311. It stands on Scrubgrass Creek. The Survey maps it on the Moorefield quadrangle. It stands 627 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Moorefield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Myers between 2011 and 2016, burning about 25 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 April 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 17 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BRIAR PATCH RD. |
| 7 November 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | NICHOLAS COUNTY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Myers in 8 storm reports between 2002 and 2019: 5 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Myers | $20,000 | A mobile home was blown off its foundation. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Myers | - | There were a few roads with water over them in Nicholas County. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Myers | - | Cassidy Creek Road flooded near Myers Station. |
| March 2013 | Flood | Myers | - | Heavy rains on March 18th led to some minor flooding on the Licking River at Blue Lick Springs. The river crested a 27.07 feet during the early morning hours on the 19th of March. Flood stage at Blue Lick Springs is 25 feet. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Myers | - | A tree fell across Kentucky Highway 32 near Myers. Another tree fell across Kentucky Highway 1244 in northern Nicholas County. |
| July 2012 | Flood | Myers | - | Heavy rain associated with a thunderstorm complex flooded Cassidy Creek northeast of Carlisle. Some tobacco crops were washed out in the Myers area. |
| February 2008 | Flood | Myers | - | The Licking River at Blue Licks Spring crested at 27.1 feet around 715 PM EST on February 6. Flood stage at Blue Licks Spring is 25 feet. Minor flooding of bottom land occurs at this level. |
| September 2006 | Flood | Myers | - | The Licking River at Blue Licks Spring crested at 28.1 feet around 945 AM EST on September 25. Flood stage at Blue Licks Spring is 25 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level with some bottomland flooded. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Valley | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Hickory Ridge (historical) | 3.6 miles | 6 | |
| Weston | 3.8 miles | 7 | |
| Ellisville | 4.5 miles | 5 | |
| Carlisle | 4.8 miles | 6 | |
| Sprout | 4.9 miles | 7 | |
| Upper Blue Licks | 5.3 miles | 6 | |
| Moorefield | 5.5 miles | 7 |
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 Myers | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14691011 | 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 499146. 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.