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Rousseau, 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 Hunting Creek. The Survey maps it on the Guage quadrangle. It stands 778 feet above sea level.

Rousseau within Breathitt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

93 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Rousseau between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,388 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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 burning44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Arson/incendiarism16
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 May 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 2001Arson/incendiarism15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 April 2008Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 2011Debris and open burning60 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHWY 30 EAST
7 April 2010Debris and open burning45 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2013Debris and open burning80 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHWY 30

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Breathitt County

Storms near this place

13 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rousseau in 13 storm reports between 2006 and 2022: 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
June 2019Thunderstorm WindRousseau$70,000Local Fire Department officials observed trees down on a house as well as on Kentucky Highway 30 in Rousseau.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindRousseau$10,000Multiple trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts near Rousseau along Highway 30.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindRousseau$2,000Some large tree limbs were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2016FloodRousseau$1,000Water was covering KY30W and was deep enough to cover a car tire. There was also water of unknown depth over Hwy 542.
August 2013FloodRousseau$1,000Water was out of creek banks in the area and covering driveways.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindRousseau$1,000One tree was blown down on Hwy 542.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindRousseau$200Large tree branch on Highway 30.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindRousseau-A large tree limb was blown down and onto Highway 30 near Rousseau.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindRousseau-The roof of a metal building was blown off and into a roadway in Roussea, blocking the road near mile marker 26. Another large tree was blown down between mile markers 27 and 28.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindRousseau-Multiple trees and power lines were blown down on Rt. 30.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindRousseau-Trees were blown down in Rousseau.
May 2009FloodRousseau-Two feet of flood water from Quicksand Creek was over Hwy 30 near the Highway 30 and Wolf Creek Road intersection.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindRousseau-Tree down across Calhoun Branch.

Every storm recorded in Breathitt 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
Guage1.7 miles14
Stevenson1.9 miles14
Lunah3.5 miles14
Bays3.8 miles13
Wells Fork4.0 miles14
Wilstacy4.3 miles14
Press5.0 miles14
Mountain Valley5.2 miles11

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 RousseauAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14691184The 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 508980. 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.