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Narrows, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Fordsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42347. It stands on Huff Creek. The Survey maps it on the Olaton quadrangle.

Narrows within Ohio County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

16 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Narrows between 1998 and 2020, burning about 110 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/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
10 September 2002Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 April 2010Railroad operations and maintenance17 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 April 2001Debris and open burning7.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 March 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryEARL PAYTON
19 March 2010Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBUFORD
17 March 2016Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWATER TOWER
17 March 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ohio County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Narrows: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fort Hartford MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sulphur Springs QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Ohio County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Narrows in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2016: 4 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
February 2016FloodNarrows-Several inches of rain brought the Rough River near Dundee just above flood stage. The river crested at 25.41 feet late on February 3rd. Flood stage is 25 ft.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindNarrows-A tree was blown down and blocking Bud Baughn Rd.
February 2008FloodNarrows-Rough River at Dundee crested at 25.6 feet around 345 AM EST on February 7. Flood stage at Dundee is 25 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level, with a section of Kentucky Highway 69 flooded near the bridge.
February 2008FloodNarrows-Rough River at Dundee crested at 26.0 feet around 1215 PM EST on February 13. Flood stage at Dundee is 25 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level, with a section of Kentucky Highway 69 flooded near the bridge.
February 2008FloodNarrows-The Rough River at Dundee crested at 25.8 feet around 10 AM EST on February 23. Flood stage at Dundee is 25 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level, with a section of Kentucky Highway 69 flooded near the bridge.

Every storm recorded in Ohio 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
Dundee2.3 miles13
Sulphur Springs3.3 miles13
Olaton3.6 miles12
Magan4.3 miles13
Ellmitch4.6 miles11
Fordsville4.8 miles11
Sunnydale5.2 miles13
Shreve5.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 499178. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.