BlockSpeck, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 42733. It stands on Speck Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Mannsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1952 USGS Mannsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Mannsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
31 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Speck between 1998 and 2017, burning about 192 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 May 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | UNION CHURCH RD. |
| 27 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Speck in 1 storm report in 2009: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Speck | - | Dispatch reported six inches of flowing water over HWY 70 at the Taylor and Casey County line. The road was becoming impassable. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yuma | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Acton | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Mannsville | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Elk Horn | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Wooleyville | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Atchison | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Arista | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| South Campbellsville | 7.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509105. 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.