BlockNichols, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Clinton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42031. The Survey maps it on the Dublin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1952 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Water Valley quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1969 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Nichols between 1997 and 2020, burning about 680 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 500 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | POWERLINE |
| 27 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MOON BURN |
| 25 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOCK |
| 18 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 339 NORTH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nichols in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nichols | $10,000 | Multiple trees were downed on the north and east side of Hickman County, including in the Springhill area with trees blocking roads. |
| January 2025 | Flash Flood | Nichols | - | Water was reported over KY-307 between KY-703 and KY-1748. Approximately 2 inches of rain had fallen in this area with an additional half inch during the evening hours. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Nichols | - | There were three separate reports of golf-ball size hail from residents near the intersection of Kentucky Highway 307 and 123. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bugg | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Old Cypress | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Fulgham | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| New Cypress | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Burgess | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Beulah | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Spring Hill | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Clinton | 6.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508703. 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.