Simers, Kentucky
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Fedscreek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41539. It stands on Cane Fork. The Survey maps it on the Lick Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000
- 1890 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1915 USGS Regina quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Regina quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Regina quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1917 USGS Regina quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Lick Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Lick Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
111 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Simers between 1997 and 2020, burning about 12,319 acres in total. None started naturally. 24 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 burning | 54 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LAYNE BRANCH |
| 18 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 85 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 450 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KIMPER |
| 6 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 350 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LONG FORK OF KIMPER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Simers in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simers | - | Local media and dispatch relayed reports of trees blown down near Johns Creek east of Kimper and in the Mudlick community northeast of McAndrews. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simers | - | A tree was blown down along Grapevine Road. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simers | - | A tree was blown down on Long Fork road blocking traffic. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Johnson Creek (historical) | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Nigh | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Dunlap | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| Biggs | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Calloway Branch (historical) | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Phyllis | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Fedscreek | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Coleman | 4.3 miles | 20 |
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 Q122598582 | 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 503519. 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.











