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Shelbiana, Kentucky

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Millard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41562. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Millard quadrangle. It stands 810 feet above sea level.

Shelbiana within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

230 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 230 fires within 5 miles of Shelbiana between 1997 and 2020, burning about 11,966 acres in total. None started naturally. 49 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 burning74
Missing data/not specified/undetermined71
Arson/incendiarism49
Recreation and ceremony33
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMARION BRANCH
7 September 2007Recreation and ceremony90 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLOWER POMPEY
4 September 2008Recreation and ceremony25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBILL KING HOLLOW
27 September 2010Debris and open burning60 acresKentucky Division of ForestryRED CEDAR
25 September 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Storms near this place

24 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shelbiana in 24 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 17 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 3 hail, 1 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
January 2008Thunderstorm WindShelbiana1 hurt, $10,000One injury resulted from this event. A guard shack was blown over with a guard inside of it. The guard sustained minor injuries. A few trees were also blown down by wind gusts estimated at 67 mph.
July 2001Flash FloodShelbiana$25,000Heavy rains brought wide spread flash flooding to the area. Hardest hit areas were Sookeys Creek, Lick Fork and Town Fork. 3 to 5 inches of rain fell in these areas washing out creek beds causing major damage to roadways, storm drains and personal property.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindShelbiana$20,000The roof was blown off of a home in Shelbiana. Power lines and trees were also blown down in the area.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindShelbiana$8,000A power line was blown down and on fire on Chloe Road.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindShelbiana$8,000A tree was blown down and onto a car on Collin St in Collin.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindShelbiana$6,000Trees and power lines down across the county. Locations with damage include Millard, Shelbiana, and Phyllis.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindShelbiana$3,000Large tree limbs were blown down in the Powells Creek Community near Millard.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindShelbiana$3,000A power line was taken down by thunderstorm wind gusts on Highway 460 at the junction of Highway 1460.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindShelbiana$2,000A tree was blown down. The spotter estimated winds sustained at 50mph with gusts to 70mph.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindShelbiana$2,000Pike county emergency management relayed a report of a tree blocking US 460 at the mouth of Grassy Creek near Shelbiana. A tree was also blocking a road in Chloe Ridge subdivision in Pikeville.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindShelbiana$2,000Trees and power lines blown down.
December 2013FloodShelbiana$1,000Chloe Road was shut down due to flooding.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindShelbiana$500Multiple trees and power lines were reported down in the community of Shelbiana.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindShelbiana-A tree was downed on US-460 in the community of Shelbiana.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindShelbiana-A tree was blown down.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindShelbiana-Several trees were blown down.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindShelbiana-Trees reported down on Hwy 1460.
July 2010Flash FloodShelbiana-Creeks in the area were flowing over their banks causing water to rise toward area homes.
June 2009Flash FloodShelbiana-A vehicle was reported to have been surrounded by flood water on Upper Chloe Creek Road.
June 2008HailShelbiana-Nickel size hail fell at both Collins and Rossy Creek.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindShelbiana-Several trees down on Biggs Branch Road.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindShelbiana-Large tree limbs down.
June 2011HailShelbiana-no account filed
August 2005HailShelbiana-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pike 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
Crooked Creek (historical)0.4 miles18
Lake Helen Residence (historical)0.7 miles18
Branham Heights (historical)0.7 miles18
East Shelbiana (historical)0.7 miles18
Fords Branch1.1 miles18
Garden Village1.5 miles18
Liberty (historical)1.5 miles18
Red Creek (historical)1.7 miles18

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 ShelbianaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7493314The 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 503312. 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.