BlockSouthdown, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Whitesburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41815. It stands on Company Branch. The Survey maps it on the Mayking quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1890 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1913 USGS Oven Fork quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Mayking quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Mayking quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
226 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of Southdown between 1997 and 2020, burning about 7,891 acres in total. None started naturally. 27 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 116 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOVES BRANCH |
| 9 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WHITCO HIL |
| 19 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COMET DRIVE |
| 12 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 June 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DRY FORK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Southdown in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2021: 2 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Southdown | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down in Southdown. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Southdown | $1,000 | Multiple trees were reported down on Highway 1862 in the community of Thorton. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509099. 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.