BlockNashtown, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Tollesboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41189. It lies near Eskalapia Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Tollesboro quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1929 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:48000
- 1929 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Tollesboro quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
37 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Nashtown between 1992 and 2019, burning about 599 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | BOAT GUNNEL |
| 8 April 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 70 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FITE HOLLOW |
| 8 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DUNAWAY BRANCH |
| 6 April 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 95 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HAPPY HOLLOW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nashtown in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2017: 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burtonville | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Glen Springs | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Oak Ridge (historic) | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Epworth | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Oak Ridge (historical) | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Tollesboro | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Ribolt | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Petersville | 5.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508673. 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.