BlockPoplar Grove, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Flemingsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41041. The Survey maps it on the Orangeburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1929 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:48000
- 1929 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Orangeburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Poplar Grove between 2009 and 2014, burning about 32 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 February 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 November 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | REID ST. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Poplar Grove in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poplar Grove | $30,000 | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poplar Grove | - | Emergency Management reported a downed tree blocking Turner Road northwest of Mount Carmel. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Poplar Grove | - | Dispatch reported that Mill Creek Road and Pleasantville Road north of Flemingsburg were both closed due to standing water. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poplar Grove | - | Straight line wind damage occurred on Poplar Grove Road. Damage included a collapsed garaged, trees blown down with one across two vehicles and one on a house, a barn and silo were destroyed, and an outbuilding was moved. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poplar Grove | - | Several trees were downed and a barn was damaged on Mt. Gilead Road. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Poplar Grove | - | Water was reported over the road on Hwy 1902 in Mt Carmel. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Poplar Grove | - | Sheriff reported nickel-size hail one-half inch deep on the ground. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Carmel | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Dalesburg | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Pleasureville | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Beechburg | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Foxport | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Pea Ridge (historical) | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Flemingsburg | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Flemingsburg Junction | 7.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508854. 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.