BlockOvil, Kentucky
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Hopkinsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42240. The Survey maps it on the Honey Grove quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1952 USGS Honey Grove quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Ovil between 2004 and 2010, burning about 210 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 125 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 February 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 November 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 November 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DOG |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ovil: 1 prospect. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Britmark Clay | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ovil in 3 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 2 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Ovil | $35,000 | An EF-2 tornado (EF-1 in Christian County) started along Shaw Ovil Road where it did some minor damage to a couple homes and snapped a couple tree trunks. It continued east into Todd County south of Ovil Rd. Estimated peak winds for the Christian County portion of the tornado were 105mph. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ovil | $7,000 | Windows were blown out of a home. Power lines and trees were down. |
| February 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Ovil | $6,000 | This brief EF-0 tornado touched down along Highway 189 about a mile west of the Todd County line. Two garages or farm buildings sustained minor roof damage. A few tree limbs were broken. There was one eyewitness account of the tornado. Peak winds were estimated near 65 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Union (historical) | 1.8 miles | 7 | |
| Carl | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| Laytonsville (historical) | 4.0 miles | 7 | |
| Honey Grove | 4.1 miles | 7 | |
| Bluff Spring | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Fearsville | 4.5 miles | 7 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 5.1 miles | 7 | |
| Fruit Hill | 5.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 500051. 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.