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Noland, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Winston-West Irvine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40336. It lies near Big Round Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Panola quadrangle.

Noland within Estill 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

118 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Noland between 1997 and 2019, burning about 3,939 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 were 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 burning49
Recreation and ceremony26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism19
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 2007Debris and open burning8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 September 1998Debris and open burning20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Estill 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 Noland: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Highway 851 Shalw ExposureClayProspect
Hog Jowl Mountain RoadcutClayProspect

Every working recorded in Estill County

Storms near this place

8 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Noland in 8 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2015FloodNoland$1,000Little Rock Road was under water.
December 2015FloodNoland$1,000A creek was out of its banks in the Knob Lick area.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindNoland$1,000There was a tree down on Campbell Branch road.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindNoland-A member of the public reported 10 trees blown down or snapped at a residence along Crooked Creek Rd.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindNoland-A tree was blown down near 1400 Knob Lick Road near Blackburn.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindNoland-A tree was blown down and across Hwy 499.
April 2013Flash FloodNoland-Walton Road closed due to flash flooding.
March 2012HailNoland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Estill 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
Thomas (historical)0.1 miles15
Little Rock (historical)2.0 miles15
Witt2.3 miles15
Crooked Creek (historical)2.3 miles15
Park (historical)2.6 miles15
Cedar Lakes Estates (historical)2.9 miles15
Knob Lick (historical)3.1 miles15
Jinks3.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508715. 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.