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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.

Sizerock within Leslie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

166 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism89
Debris and open burning38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
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
5 September 2007Arson/incendiarism30 acresDaniel Boone National ForestELKHORN FUMBLE
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestWHOOPLAREA 2
4 September 1999Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestWHOOPFLAREA
3 September 2007Debris and open burning4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestGARCIA
13 September 2002Debris and open burning150 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Leslie County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2008Thunderstorm WindSizerock$20,000Powerlines were blown down in the Hell For Certain area.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindSizerock$5,000Trees were blown down along Highway 1482 by wind gusts estimated at 61 mph.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindSizerock-A tree was blown down on KY 1482 in Sizerock.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindSizerock-Trees were blown down on Bullskin Rd at the Sizerock post office.
May 2008HailSizerock-Golf ball size hail fell for nearly 5 minutes at Hell For Certain.

Every storm recorded in Leslie 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
Jason2.9 miles15
Bobs Fork3.9 miles13
Thousandsticks4.3 miles15
Kaliopi4.4 miles15
Bear Branch4.7 miles13
Dryhill6.4 miles15
Confluence7.0 miles14
Hyden7.7 miles14

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 SizerockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7533443The 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.