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Slat, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Zula-Powersburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42633. It lies near Furnace Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Parnell quadrangle. It stands 1,040 feet above sea level.

Slat within Wayne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

43 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Slat between 2000 and 2018, burning about 1,450 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
27 April 2009Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 April 2014Debris and open burning80 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWRAY HOLLOW FIRE
14 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 April 2018Arson/incendiarism10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryTHE BRIDGE
10 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Slat: 1 prospect, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bald Rock MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Coffey Mountain ShaleClayProspect
Monticello QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

6 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Slat in 6 storm reports between 2013 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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
June 2021Thunderstorm WindSlat$1,000The Wayne County dispatch reported that strong thunderstorm winds had blown down a tree, blocking KY-858 near Bethesda Rd.
September 2013FloodSlat$1,000Highway's 1546 and 3284 had water flowing over them but were not closed. Main Street in Monticello was flooded but passable.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindSlat-An emergency manager reported a tree blown down near the intersection of Woodland Hl and KY-90.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindSlat-A large tree was blown down and onto KY-858 in the 1000 block near Susie.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindSlat-Tree is reported across KY-858 in the 1000 block near the community of Bethesda.
December 2016Thunderstorm WindSlat-Dispatch reported a tree down on Kentucky Highway 1546 about one half of a mile west of Kentucky Highway 90 southwest of Monticello.

Every storm recorded in Wayne 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
Bethesda1.3 miles14
Number One2.2 miles14
Short Mountain2.3 miles14
Murl2.6 miles14
Frisby2.6 miles14
Oilton2.9 miles14
Wray Gap3.4 miles14
Susie3.4 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 SlatAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14691239The 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 509074. 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.