BlockSmile, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Hilda-Triplett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40351. It stands on Murray Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cranston quadrangle. It stands 879 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1951 USGS Cranston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Cranston quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
61 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Smile between 1997 and 2020, burning about 609 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | BIG PERRY |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BRATTON BRANCH |
| 22 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 July 1999 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | BEN HAM |
| 12 May 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smile in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Smile | $500 | Department of highway officials reported flash flooding extending from Hilda to near Haldeman. Portions of Little Perry Road near Haldeman and Big Woods Road near Hilda were both closed as swiftly flowing water moved over both roadways. |
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.
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 Smile | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7544573 | 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 515502. 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.