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Relief, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Elkfork-Ophir census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41472. It stands on Browns Branch. The Survey maps it on the Redbush quadrangle. It stands 732 feet above sea level.

Relief within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

137 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Relief between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,805 acres in total. None started naturally. 54 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
Arson/incendiarism54
Debris and open burning45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
10 June 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryCANTRELL'S CREEK
9 April 2020Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHIGHWAY 589
9 April 1997Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 April 2001Arson/incendiarism50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 April 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 2012Debris and open burning43 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySHOP BRANC
7 April 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2018Arson/incendiarism12 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySHOP BRANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Relief: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cantrill Branch ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this place

11 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Relief in 11 storm reports between 2003 and 2013: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
June 2009Tornado (EF1)Relief$35,000An EF1 tornado with winds of 90-95 mph touched down 1.5 miles northwest of Relief. The tornado was on the ground for 1.5 miles and had a path width of 75 yards. The tornado lifted shortly after crossing into Johnson County. Dozens of trees were damaged and numerous trees were snapped off or uprooted.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindRelief$20,000Multiple trees were blown down and half inch diameter hail occurred.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindRelief$5,000Trees were down on KY 437 between mile markers 11 and 12.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindRelief$1,000A tree 18 inches in diameter was blown down onto Highway 172 about 1 mile east of Relief at around 450 pm.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindRelief-Several trees were blown down and lots of tree litter covered a section of Highway 437, near the intersection with Highway 172.
June 2010Heavy RainRelief-Two and a half inches of rain fell in Relief between 3 and 4 pm.
April 2005Flash FloodRelief-One and a half feet of water flowing across Patoker Branch.
February 2012HailRelief-no account filed
June 2006HailRelief-no account filed
March 2004HailRelief-no account filed
July 2003HailRelief-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Morgan 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
Cindas Creek2.0 miles16
Mima2.8 miles16
Ophir2.8 miles16
Upper Sandlick (historical)2.9 miles16
Moon3.5 miles16
Lower Sandlick (historical)3.6 miles16
Lost Creek (historical)4.4 miles16
Silverhill5.2 miles16

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.

Wikipedia article on ReliefAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7311067The 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 508918. 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.