Ogle, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Ashers Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40962. It stands on Baileys Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ogle quadrangle. It stands 994 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1891 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Ogle quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Ogle quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
203 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of Ogle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,180 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 86 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 86 |
| Debris and open burning | 77 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 May 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | not named |
| 18 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 May 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ogle in 1 storm report in 2021: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | Flash Flood | Ogle | - | A public report was received of an ongoing water rescue on May Fork Road (Left Fork Otter Creek Road) just before 5am, involving 4 people being rescued from their mobile home as waters rose from nearby Otter Creek. About 30 mins later, 911 dispatch reported that water rescues were still ongoing on May Fork Road and were becoming increasingly difficult as roads were becoming more inundated and flooded from rising waters in the area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Brightshade | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Goose Rock | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Botto | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Plank | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Park Valley (historical) | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Collins Station (historical) | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Cottongim | 5.4 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Ogle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7080089 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 514310. 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.





