Nick, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Brownsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42101. The Survey maps it on the Brownsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1922 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1923 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Nick between 1999 and 2018, burning about 128 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SPINKS CEMETERY FIRE |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OAK GROVE CHURCH FIRE |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 June 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | NOAH BLEDS |
| 3 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 April 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | THE BRIDGE |
| 6 March 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Nick: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gully Clay | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Vincent Prospect Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nick in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2019 | Flood | Nick | 1 killed, $5,000 | On December 2, a 28 year old woman with her two children - a 7-year old and a 20-month old - drove around a Road Closed barrier blocking a flooded low water crossing on Oak Hill Road in Edmonson County, Kentucky. She accelerated, trying to ford the water. After she made it about a quarter of the way across the bridge through the water, her vehicle nosedived and began filling with water. She and her 7 year old were able to exit the vehicle. A water rescue team located the 20 month old around an hour later. The child was airlifted to a Nashville hospital. ||In the end, the woman and her 7 year old were treated locally for hypothermia, and the 20 month old died at the hospital the following day from asphyxiation due to near-drowning. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Nick | - | Wingfield Church Road near Ellis Cole Road was closed due to water over the road. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nick | - | A tree fell in Windfield. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chalybeate | 4.0 miles | 23 | |
| Asphalt | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Rhoda | 4.9 miles | 23 | |
| Brownsville | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Windyville | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Arthur | 6.4 miles | 23 | |
| Segal | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Lindseyville | 7.4 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508704. 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.







