BlockRoxana, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Blackey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41848. It stands on Kings Creek. The Survey maps it on the Roxana quadrangle. It stands 1,070 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 Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1913 USGS Oven Fork quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Roxana quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
182 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Roxana between 1997 and 2020, burning about 5,608 acres in total. None started naturally. 22 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 | 94 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CARBON GLOW |
| 4 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 90 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ELK CREEK |
| 22 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roxana in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roxana | $3,000 | Three trees down on Highway 160 near Kings Creek. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roxana | - | Many trees were blown down along KY-160 in the Roxana area, blocking the roadway. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roxana | - | Trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
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.
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 Roxana | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q15273449 | 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 502435. 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.