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Nina, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Lancaster census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40444. It stands on Nina Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Kirksville quadrangle.

Nina within Garrard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

11 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Nina between 1999 and 2016, burning about 88 acres in total. 1 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 burning3
Recreation and ceremony3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 August 1999Natural30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 April 2009Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 March 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 February 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 November 2015Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryDRY BRANCH
18 November 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garrard County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Nina: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Harmony Church Clay BedClayProspect
Price Valley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Garrard County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nina in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2022: 2 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
April 2022Thunderstorm WindNina-A garage was destroyed on Nina Ridge Road.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindNina-Barns and houses were damaged. trees and power lines were downed near the intersection of KY 1131 and 1295. This was straight line wind damage associated with the line of storms that shortly after this report produced a tornado in Garrard and Madison Counties.

Every storm recorded in Garrard 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
Hackley2.1 miles15
McCreary2.7 miles10
Teatersville2.8 miles10
Guy (historical)3.9 miles10
Buckeye4.1 miles10
Lowell4.3 miles14
Paint Lick4.4 miles14
Hyattsville5.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508707. 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.