BlockNora, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cumberland City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42602. It lies near Cedar Knob. The Survey maps it on the Cumberland City 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.
- 1954 USGS Cumberland City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Cumberland City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
85 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Nora between 1998 and 2019, burning about 2,567 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 burning | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HUBBARD HOLLAR |
| 18 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nora in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nora | - | Clinton County officials reported to the NWS that trees were down across Davis Road near the Wayne County line as a result of severe thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Narvel | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Alpha | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Cartwright | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Marlow | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Cumberland City | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Williams Creek (historical) | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Upchurch | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Watauga | 4.1 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508718. 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.