Sizerock, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Hyden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41762. It stands on Gibson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hyden West quadrangle. It stands 1,066 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1891 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1916 USGS Hyden quadrangle1:48000
- 1919 USGS Hyden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Hyden West quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hyden West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Hyden West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
166 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Sizerock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,986 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 89 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 | 89 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | ELKHORN FUMBLE |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | WHOOPLAREA 2 |
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | WHOOPFLAREA |
| 3 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | GARCIA |
| 13 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 150 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sizerock in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2014: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sizerock | $20,000 | Powerlines were blown down in the Hell For Certain area. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sizerock | $5,000 | Trees were blown down along Highway 1482 by wind gusts estimated at 61 mph. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sizerock | - | A tree was blown down on KY 1482 in Sizerock. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sizerock | - | Trees were blown down on Bullskin Rd at the Sizerock post office. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Sizerock | - | Golf ball size hail fell for nearly 5 minutes at Hell For Certain. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jason | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Bobs Fork | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Thousandsticks | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Kaliopi | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Bear Branch | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Dryhill | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Confluence | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Hyden | 7.7 miles | 14 |
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 Sizerock | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7533443 | 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 515448. 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.








