BlockPowersburg, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Zula-Powersburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42633. It lies near Denney Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Powersburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1934 USGS Pall Mall quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Powersburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
78 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Powersburg between 1998 and 2019, burning about 3,008 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 | 49 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 June 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 90 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DEEP MINE |
| 5 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DISHMAN MOUNTAIN |
| 9 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 217 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HIGH WALL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Powersburg in 1 storm report in 2007: 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 2007 | Hail | Powersburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidalgo | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Slickford | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Windy | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Gapcreek | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Sunnybrook | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Shearer Valley | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Low Gap | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Zula | 4.4 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122543887 | 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 501260. 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.