BlockOak Hill, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Nortonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42442. The Survey maps it on the Nortonville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1912 USGS Nortonville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Nortonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Nortonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
33 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Oak Hill between 1997 and 2017, burning about 1,200 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CAN FIRE |
| 22 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RED HILL |
| 10 August 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 1997 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HOPKINSVILLE ROAD |
| 10 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 4.7 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROLLING LO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Hill in 1 storm report in 2022: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Oak Hill | - | Six to eight inches of water was flowing across Highway 813 near Mortons Gap. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Valley | 0.4 miles | 12 | |
| Nortonville | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Mortons Gap | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Homestead (historical) | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Dillingham (historical) | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Daniel Boone | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Barnsley | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Flat Creek (historical) | 3.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 499701. 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.