BlockNepton, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Ewing census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41039. It stands on Mud Lick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elizaville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1952 USGS Elizaville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Nepton in 2016, burning about 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 November 2016 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PLEASANT VALLEY RD. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nepton in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2016: 1 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2015 | Flood | Nepton | $1,000 | Highway 367, Newman Rd, and Hwy 1200 were affected by high water but not closed. These are low spots that are flood prone. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nepton | - | Dispatch relayed a report of a tree blown down on Junction Road near Elizaville. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Nepton | - | Golf ball size hail fell in Nepton. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizaville | 1.2 miles | 8 | |
| Ewing | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Flemingsburg Junction | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Cowan | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Craintown | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Hill Top | 5.2 miles | 6 | |
| Fairview | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Flemingsburg | 5.4 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 499265. 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.