BlockSinai, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Southwest Anderson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40342. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ashbrook quadrangle.
On record in Sinai
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Old Wash Placelisted 1975 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1952 USGS Ashbrook quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Ashbrook quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Sinai between 2002 and 2007, burning about 102 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 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sinai in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Sinai | - | The National Weather Service conducted a storm damage assessment survey in Anderson County from the storms mid morning, April 2. The tornado touched down in far southwest Anderson county just off Mays Road (just west of KY 53) snapping and twisting some trees. Winds speeds were around 75 mph with a width of 50 yards.|The tornado increased in speed to EF1, 95 mph along Willisburg Road (KY 53). ||A well built home had extensive roof damage, 2 barns lost large sections of their roofs. Insulation and metal sheeting from the barns were thrown up to 300 yards to the east and southerly direction. The resident was in his basement, and heard the roar and had his ear pop from the low pressure. The width increased to 100 yards. ||The tornado continued moving to the east southeast damaging more trees on Baxter Ridge Road. One house had shingle, soffit and gutter damage. Winds speeds were EF0, 85 mph with a width of 150 yards. Drone photography was used to find the ending point in a grove of trees, halfway between Baxter Ridge Road and Puncheon Creek Road. Drone photography found a few topped and uprooted trees. Winds speeds were around EF0, 75 mph, with a width of 50 yards. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Sinai | - | This location was near Beaver Lake. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashbrook | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Hickory Grove | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Drydock | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Ballard | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Klondyke | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Anderson City | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Jefferies (historical) | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Glensboro | 3.9 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 503551. 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.