BlockPress, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Rousseau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41339. It stands on Ben Smith Branch. The Survey maps it on the Quicksand quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1889 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Quicksand quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Quicksand quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Quicksand quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
162 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Press between 1997 and 2020, burning about 9,526 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 | 71 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | STRAY BRAN |
| 6 May 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Press in 6 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 5 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Press | $4,000 | An outbuilding, a fence, and trees were knocked down and damaged along Smith Branch Road, between Ruby Drive and Copperhead Road, due to thunderstorm wind gusts that occurred. The same storm also resulted in large hail around 1.00 inch. |
| February 2020 | Flood | Press | $1,000 | Local Emergency Management reported a car was caught in water spilling onto Kentucky Highway 1098 from Quicksand Creek east of Jackson. |
| March 2015 | Flood | Press | $1,000 | Water from the south fork of Quicksand Creek was covering a section of Hwy 1098 and was up in the yard of a home near the highway. A mudslide had also come down the hill and up against the back of a trailer next door to the home of the person who phoned in this report. |
| April 2014 | Flood | Press | $1,000 | A member of the public reported that creeks were out of their banks on the south branch of Quicksand Creek and along Smith Branch. The water was flowing across roadways in the area and underneath cars in peoples driveways. |
| February 2021 | Flood | Press | - | At mile marker 2 on Hwy 1098, water is across one lane. Also about 2.5 miles on Hwy 1098, both lanes are impassable. |
| December 2017 | Flood | Press | - | The department of highways reported high water blocking a portion of Kentucky Highway 1098 southeast of Jackson. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilstacy | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Portsmouth | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Flintville | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Wells Fork | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Stevenson | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Quicksand | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Noctor | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Kragon | 4.1 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508873. 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.