BlockNapoleon, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Warsaw census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41046. The Survey maps it on the Patriot quadrangle. It stands 850 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1943 USGS Patriot quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Patriot quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Patriot quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Patriot quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Patriot quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Napoleon between 1998 and 2017, burning about 73 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 February 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 November 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 455 FIRE |
| 17 November 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Napoleon in 6 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Napoleon | $100,000 | A bridge was washed out on Little Sugar Creek Road. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Napoleon | $5,000 | Five trees were knocked down. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Napoleon | $4,000 | Several trees and large limbs were knocked down. Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Napoleon | $1,000 | Six inches to two feet of water was flowing over roadways due to heavy rainfall. |
| May 2024 | Flood | Napoleon | - | High water was reported on Tapering Pointe Road. . |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Napoleon | - | The observer estimated the wind gust. |
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.
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 Napoleon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6965000 | 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 499169. 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.