BlockNevisdale, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Siler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40769. It stands on Bennetts Branch. The Survey maps it on the Saxton quadrangle. It stands 978 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1890 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Saxton quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Saxton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
337 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 337 fires within 5 miles of Nevisdale between 1997 and 2020, burning about 27,631 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 87 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 | 174 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 87 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 62 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 265 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DINK RIDGE |
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BETHEL |
| 9 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 700 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 904 GATLIFF MTN. |
| 9 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 311 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CANE GAP FIRE |
| 9 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 63 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Nevisdale: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louden Shale | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nevisdale in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2015: 1 heavy rain, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Nevisdale | $1,000 | Portions of Bethal Road were closed due to flooding with the water reaching four feet deep in some areas. |
| July 2015 | Flood | Nevisdale | $1,000 | Flash flooding on Bethal Road transitioned to aerial flooding, which lasted into the afternoon. The water was up to four feet deep over the road. |
| May 2012 | Heavy Rain | Nevisdale | - | Storm total rainfall was 1.88 inches. Light rain was falling at the time of the observation. |
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 Nevisdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14691039 | 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 514229. 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.