BlockSpring Lick, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Caneyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42721. It lies near Kiper Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Spring Lick quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1925 USGS Spring Lick quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Spring Lick quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Spring Lick quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Spring Lick between 1998 and 2017, burning about 160 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MORGANTOWN RD. |
| 23 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 May 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PINE KNOB |
| 22 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 March 1998 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Spring Lick: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Creek Clay | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spring Lick in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Lick | - | The National Weather Service in Louisville conducted a storm survey for the macroburst damage extending from western Grayson County, through Edmonson County, before ending in northeastern Warren County. The first area of concentrated damage was observed along US Highway 62 around Caneyville, which consisted mostly of softwood and hardwood tree damage, including numerous uprooted trees and large snapped branches. One double wide trailer suffered considerable roof damage in along Highway 62, though structural damage was otherwise rare in this area. Estimated winds across western Grayson County were generally between 80 and 90 mph. Sporadic tree damage was also observed along Kentucky Route 259 between Leitchfield and the Edmonson County line.||All tree and structural damage was blown to the southeast along the path. This damage pattern is consistent with downburst winds, with the large scale of damage suggesting a macroburst event. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Spring Lick | - | Multiple roads were closed due to high water in Grayson County including KY 878 between mile markers 2 and 3, US 62 between the 7 and 8 mile markers, and portions of KY 224. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Spring Lick | - | Grayson county emergency management reported very rapid response of streams with more than six inches of water flowing over roadways for a brief period of time in southern Grayson county. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Spring Lick | - | no account filed |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122566529 | 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 504147. 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.