Sand Hill, Kentucky
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Cumberland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40823. It stands on Smith Branch. The Survey maps it on the Louellen quadrangle.
On record in Sand Hill
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Cumberland Central Business Districtlisted 1996 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1887 USGS Jonesville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Jonesville quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1916 USGS Nolansburg quadrangle1:48000
- 1919 USGS Nolansburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Louellen quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Middlesboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
112 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Sand Hill between 1997 and 2020, burning about 14,534 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 18 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 | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 125 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LITTLE SHEPHERD TRAIL |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CHUCK FIRE |
| 21 June 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 June 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SANDHILL |
| 7 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 190 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SAND HILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sand Hill: 1 prospect, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurricane Gap Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hurricane Gap Sand Pit | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Orebank Ridge | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sand Hill in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2020: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2020 | Flood | Sand Hill | $5,000,000 | A local newspaper and citizens reported a couple of mobile homes being swept into the Cumberland River outside of Harlan as the river overspilled its banks. Approximately 70 homes were reported to have been impacted by flood waters across the county. Various streets, especially northeast of Harlan, were closed due to flood waters, including Kentucky Highway 413 from U.S. Highway 421 to Kentucky Highway 522. Portions of U.S. Highway 119 were also closed around Loyall and Baxter near the Cumberland River as major flood stage was reached. This forced the closure of flood gates in Harlan. |
| January 2013 | Flood | Sand Hill | - | Water was reported across Hwy 160 southwest of Cumberland. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 515216. 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.









