BlockSardis, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Nancy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42544. It stands on Dry Branch. The Survey maps it on the Delmer 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.
- 1935 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Delmer quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Delmer quadrangle1:24000
- 1973 USGS Delmer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Sardis between 1998 and 2020, burning about 65 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WEST GATE |
| 12 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 17 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PORTER CREEK |
| 12 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 February 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 November 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PISGAH CHURCH |
| 5 November 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 November 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 November 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sardis: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fishing Creek Shale | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
5 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sardis in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sardis | $10,000 | Dispatch reported a tree blown down onto a house and power lines on Hideaway Court southwest of Somerset. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sardis | - | A tree was blown down and blocking the roadway at 3000 block of Simpson Drive in Somerset. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Sardis | - | Social media pictures shared from near the Lees Ford Marina show hail the size of golf balls. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sardis | - | A tree was blown down on Hwy 1001 on Boat Dock Rd near Sardis. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Sardis | - | A vehicle was surrounded by rising water along Summit Point Drive near West KY Hwy 80. |
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.
| Wikidata item Q49367070 | 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 509017. 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.