BlockSardis, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Mays Lick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41055. The Survey maps it on the Sardis quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1915 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Sardis quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Sardis in 2006, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 November 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sardis in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sardis | $20,000 | Trees were knocked down on a house and car. A greenhouse and barn were damaged. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sardis | $20,000 | A mobile home was ripped from its foundation and had its roof removed. |
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Sardis | $15,000 | The tornado touched down southwest of Mays Lick and damaged structures and trees along its path. The damage was mostly found along and north of Raymond Road (Highway 324). |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sardis | $5,000 | Part of a barn was damaged due to 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manley (historical) | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Shannon | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Murphysville | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Mays Lick | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Dexter (historical) | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Fernleaf | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| Old Washington | 9.7 miles | 11 | |
| Helena | 9.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 502994. 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.