BlockOakley, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the East Bernstadt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40729. It stands on Patton Branch. The Survey maps it on the London quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1893 USGS London quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS London quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS London quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS London quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
132 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Oakley between 1997 and 2019, burning about 2,786 acres in total. None started naturally. 30 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 | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PEOPLE'S FIRE |
| 14 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 146 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 July 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HAZEL GREEN FIRE |
| 4 June 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakley in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakley | $80,000 | Dispatch reported trees down north of London, at the intersection of Dollie Miller Road and Kentucky Highway 1376, as well as on McWhorter Road. A tree blew onto a mobile home in East Bernstadt, destroying it. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakley | - | A tree was blown down in the 5000 block of Highway 490 near the community of Oakley. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Oakley | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hazel Patch (historical) | 0.2 miles | 15 | |
| Victory | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Green Mountain (historical) | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Atlanta | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Symbol | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Mershons | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| East Bernstadt | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Greenmount | 3.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 514306. 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.