BlockSettle, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Settle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42164. The Survey maps it on the Scottsville quadrangle. It stands 712 feet above sea level.
On record in Settle
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 1 record
- Big Spring School-Oliver Farmsteadlisted 2004
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1926 USGS Scottsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Scottsville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Settle in 2010, burning about 4 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MARTINSVILLE FORD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Settle in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Settle | $15,000 | Three homes had roof damage near Settle. Fifteen trees were also downed. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Settle | - | A photo showed a tree down on a home in northwestern Allen County. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Settle | - | Multiple trees were reported down near Cemetery Road and Shockley Road. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Settle | - | A tree and barn were damaged. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Settle | - | A trained spotter reported to the NWS trees fell near the Barren River Dam. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Settle | - | A spotter reported quarter sized hail near the town of Yesse. |
| March 1998 | Hail | Settle | - | Nickel size hail reported by a spotter. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Settle | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yesse | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Meador | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Raley Ford | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Bailey (historical) | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Halifax | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Gainesville | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Stark Settlement (historical) | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Port Oliver Ford | 4.4 miles | 9 |
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 Settle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7456902 | 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 509032. 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.