BlockSmithville, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Mount Washington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40047. It stands on Whittaker Run. The Survey maps it on the Mount Washington quadrangle. It stands 486 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1907 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Mount Washington quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Mount Washington quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Mount Washington quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Smithville between 1997 and 2012, burning about 58 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HIGH GROVE |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MARKWELL RD. FIRE |
| 2 April 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PORTER FIRE |
| 30 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 February 1997 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RIDGE RD. FIRE |
| 29 October 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RUMMAGE RD. FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smithville in 2 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | - | Power and phone lines were blown down by strong thunderstorm winds between Stringer Lane and Greenwell Ford Road. |
| February 2023 | Flash Flood | Smithville | - | The Salt River had risen out of its banks and was flooding surrounding land near where U.S. Route 150 crosses the river south of Mount Washington. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Washington | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Solitude | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Brownington | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Whitfield | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Cedar Grove | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Lotus | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Lick Skillet (historical) | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Hobbs | 8.4 miles | 12 |
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 Smithville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7545654 | 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 517326. 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.