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New, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Monterey-New Columbus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40359. It stands on Elk Lick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Monterey quadrangle.

New within Owen County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

8 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of New between 1998 and 2016, burning about 25 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 May 1998Debris and open burning8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 March 2014Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryGREENUP RD
20 March 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 March 2014Smoking5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBRECK
28 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 November 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySHADY LN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Owen County

Storms near this place

6 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New in 6 storm reports between 2015 and 2021: 3 flash flood, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2021Flash FloodNew$30,000A portion of Claxon Ridge Road was washed out along Elk Lick Creek.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindNew$2,000A few trees were downed along State Route 607.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindNew$2,000A tree was knocked down on Greenup Rd. Also, barn debris from an unknown source was found on Greenup Rd.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindNew$2,000A few trees were knocked down across southern Owen County.
June 2016Flash FloodNew-Moving water over one foot deep was reported near the intersection of Sawdridge Creek Road and Lucas Lane.
April 2015Flash FloodNew-Debris was washed across some roads in southern portions of Owen County due to Flash Flooding.

Every storm recorded in Owen County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Teresita3.0 miles12
Hesler3.0 miles12
Monterey3.3 miles12
Beechwood3.6 miles9
Fairbanks4.2 miles9
Tacketts Mill4.3 miles13
Bradleyville (historical)4.6 miles13
Truesville (historical)4.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508692. 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.