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Savoyard, Kentucky

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Center census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42749. The Survey maps it on the Sulphur Well quadrangle.

Savoyard within Metcalfe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

15 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Savoyard between 1999 and 2019, burning about 147 acres in total. 1 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/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1
Smoking1

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
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 1999Smoking16 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCENTER-THREE SPRINGS FIRE
22 March 2017Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCRENSHAW CASSIDY RD. FIRE
14 March 2013Recreation and ceremony10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFROGGETT FIRE
1 March 2007Natural3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 February 2001Arson/incendiarism3.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 February 2001Equipment and vehicle use3.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Metcalfe County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Savoyard: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chapman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Metcalfe County

Storms near this place

11 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Savoyard in 11 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2017Thunderstorm WindSavoyard$400,000Over 160 structures were damaged in a 2-3 mile wide swath extending 15 miles from near Hiseville in Barren County northeast across Metcalfe into Green County. Three EF-1 tornadoes, with maximum winds of 100-110 mph were embedded within this area. Outside of the tornadoes, maximum winds were estimated at 70-90 mph. In Metcalfe County, two of the three tornadoes touched down near the community of Center, which had been hit by a brief EF-1 tornado just eight days earlier. In addition to the dozens of structures damaged by the non-tornadic winds - including the complete destruction of several outbuildings - several headstones were blown over in a small cemetery a half mile north of Center.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindSavoyard$30,000The Metcalfe County emergency manager reported a metal roof was peeled off a barn due to severe thunderstorm winds.
May 2009Tornado (EF0)Savoyard$10,000This tornado first touched down in Barren County, about one mile northeast of Hiseville, before tracking into Metcalfe County. While the tornado produced EF-1 damage in Barren County, only EF-0 damage occurred along the Metcalfe part of its path, uplifting a pole barn and scattering it across a field. The tornado then lifted about one mile south of Center near State Highway 1243.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindSavoyard$5,000Two outbuildings along Iron Mountain Rd west of Center were partially collapsed by thunderstorm winds.
January 2022Thunderstorm WindSavoyard-A barn's roof was blown off and approximately 7 windows were blown out of a house.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindSavoyard-Emergency Manager reported roads closed due to downed trees in the area.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindSavoyard-The Metcalfe County emergency manager reported several large trees down in the area due to severe thunderstorm winds.
July 2018HailSavoyard-no account filed
February 2012HailSavoyard-no account filed
April 2002HailSavoyard-no account filed
May 2000HailSavoyard-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Metcalfe 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
Center3.3 miles11
Knob Lick3.4 miles10
Shady Grove4.8 miles11
Node5.3 miles11
Echo5.8 miles10
Clarks Corner6.4 miles10
Beechville6.7 miles10
Wisdom7.5 miles10

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 Q122547141The 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 509020. 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.