Revelo, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Stearns-Whitley City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42647. It stands on Battery Creek. The Survey maps it on the Whitley City quadrangle. It stands 1,404 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1890 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Whitley City quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Whitley City quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Whitley City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
139 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Revelo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,249 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 88 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/incendiarism | 88 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 150 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 1651 |
| 24 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | PINE KNOT |
| 24 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | BACKBONE |
| 23 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | HAYNES |
| 19 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Revelo in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Revelo | $5,000 | A small tornado downed trees and power lines. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Revelo | - | A tree was reported down on East Appletree Road, about 0.4 miles from the intersection with KY-1651. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Revelo | - | A tree was reported down on Round Top Road west of Pine Knot. |
| March 2021 | Heavy Rain | Revelo | - | The cooperative observing station just south of Stearns reported 3.16 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Revelo | - | Dispatch reported trees were blown down on Journeys End Road near Stearns. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Revelo | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts damaged the roof of a structure in the Murphy subdivision. |
| July 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Revelo | - | A funnel cloud was observed 3 miles south of Whitley City. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Revelo | - | Quarter size hail was observed in Revelo. |
| June 2009 | Flood | Revelo | - | Streams were at bankful near Strunk. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Revelo | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Revelo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Grove | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Stearns | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Smith Town | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Whitley City | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Pine Knot | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Barthell | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Worley | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Gilreath | 3.8 miles | 16 |
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 Revelo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7317871 | 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 514894. 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.







