BlockNiagara, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hebbardsville-Robards census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42420. The Survey maps it on the Delaware quadrangle. It stands 479 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1908 USGS Calhoun quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Delaware quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Niagara between 1998 and 2014, burning about 167 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OLDMAN |
| 28 March 1998 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROBERTS RD. |
| 11 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 47 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WINDING TRAIL |
| 20 February 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DAYTONA FIRE |
| 18 February 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MATT ALLEN FIRE |
| 10 November 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FENCEROW |
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 Niagara: 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Contained or Metal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Sebree Smelter | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Plant |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Niagara in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2014: 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Niagara | $40,000 | This tornado was photographed by a sheriff's deputy and confirmed by a National Weather Service damage survey. Peak winds were estimated near 90 mph. There was minor roof and siding damage to three homes and a mobile home. Numerous large tree limbs were broken, and a couple of trees were uprooted. A large tree was down across a roadway. The path of the suction vortex was clearly evident in aerial photos of a cornfield. The tornado crossed Interstate 69, also known as the Pennyrile Parkway. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Niagara | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coraville | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Euterpe | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Anthoston | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Robards | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Rankin | 6.4 miles | 18 | |
| Zion | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Hebbardsville | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Graham Hill | 7.4 miles | 18 |
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 Niagara | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q12080554 | 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 508702. 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.