BlockShepola, 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 Timmy 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 Shepola between 1998 and 2020, burning about 62 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 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 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 |
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 Shepola: 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 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shepola in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shepola | $5,000 | A powerline was down in the yard of a residence at the 1700 block of Patterson Branch Road, southwest of Somerset. The pole was also reported to have possibly been broken. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shepola | - | Pulaski County 911 call center reported a tree blown down at the intersection of Greenwood Lane and KY-1248, blocking half of roadway. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Shepola | - | Just a few minutes after posting a report of 1.00 inch hail in the vicinity of Cumberland Lake and Pulaski County Park, the hail size increased to 1.5 inches (ping pong ball size). |
| June 2023 | Hail | Shepola | - | Quarter inch hail fell around Cumberland Lake and Pulaski County Park. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shepola | - | Trees were blown down on Hwy 196. |
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 Q122570838 | 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 509047. 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.