BlockNew Columbus, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Monterey-New Columbus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41010. It stands on Gwills Branch. The Survey maps it on the New Columbus quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1939 USGS Sadieville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS New Columbus quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of New Columbus between 2001 and 2020, burning about 35 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROSE FIRE |
| 3 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LEANING OAK |
| 18 April 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 330 FIRE |
| 9 March 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOCUST FIRE |
| 16 February 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 November 2009 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 October 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Columbus in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Columbus | $10,000 | A house was damaged by straight line winds along Mountain Island Road. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Columbus | $3,000 | A house sustained some roof damage. |
| June 2001 | Flash Flood | New Columbus | $3,000 | Several roads flooded |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Columbus | $2,000 | Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Columbus | $500 | Large limbs were downed along New Columbus Road. |
| June 2001 | Hail | New Columbus | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 499304. 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.