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Quail, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Mount Vernon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40456. It stands on Dorman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maretburg quadrangle.

Quail within Rockcastle County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

37 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Quail between 1998 and 2020, burning about 556 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2007Natural1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 2010Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWHIPPER-O-WILL LANE
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 August 2007Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 May 1998Debris and open burning6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 2002Recreation and ceremony7.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 April 2009Debris and open burning9.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rockcastle County

Storms near this place

8 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Quail in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 1997Thunderstorm WindQuail$10,000no account filed
August 2022Debris FlowQuail$1,000Mudslide was reported in the 4900 block along KY-70.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindQuail-Rockcastle County dispatch reported a tree blown down off of Rich Farm Road just past the intersection of Caldwell Road.
August 2022Flash FloodQuail-Flash flood waters were reportedly flowing over Quail Rd.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindQuail-Law enforcement officials reported trees blown down on Rich Farm Road southwest of Brodhead.
May 2010FloodQuail-Highway 328 off of 618 was impassable due to flooding near Mt. Vernon.
April 2009HailQuail-One inch hail and winds of 50-55 mph were occurring in Quail.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindQuail-Two trees down.

Every storm recorded in Rockcastle County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Willailla1.6 miles15
Ottawa2.4 miles15
Spiro3.1 miles15
Level Green3.5 miles15
Wabd3.6 miles15
Maretburg4.1 miles15
Sand Springs5.5 miles16
Brodhead5.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508887. 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.