BlockNevada, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Harrodsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40330. It stands on Goose Creek. The Survey maps it on the Perryville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1905 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Perryville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Nevada in 1999, burning about 5 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nevada in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2017: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nevada | - | Local law enforcement reported multiple trees down due to severe thunderstorm winds across Mercer County southweset of Harrodsburg. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Nevada | - | Hen egg size hail stones were reported by the public southwest of Harrodsburg. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Nevada | - | A Mercer County law enforcement official reported that Perryville Road near Dry Fork was flooded and impassable. |
| September 2006 | Flash Flood | Nevada | - | The Chaplin River in the western part of the county was out of its banks in places. Elsewhere in the county, many roadways were flooded. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Nevada | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nevada | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Hill (historical) | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Dixville | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Perryville Tollgate (historical) | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Battle (historical) | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Wilson Station (historical) | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Bruners Chapel (historical) | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Oakland (historical) | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Riverview Estates | 4.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 499272. 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.