BlockSprule, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Girdler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40906. It stands on Sand Lick. The Survey maps it on the Hima quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1891 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1952 USGS Hima quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Hima quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
282 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 282 fires within 5 miles of Sprule between 1994 and 2020, burning about 11,921 acres in total. None started naturally. 118 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 118 |
| Debris and open burning | 96 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | TUTTLE |
| 7 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 May 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 70 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sprule in 5 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sprule | $1,000 | A tree was reported downed onto a powerline in the Haven community, near Woollum. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Sprule | $1,000 | Kentucky 11 and Hwy 223 were both closed due to flooding. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sprule | - | A person on social media reported multiple trees down along HWY-11 from Clay County to Knox County. Exact locations were not given. |
| September 2024 | Hail | Sprule | - | A member of the public reported hail of 1.0 to 1.25 inch diameter along KY-11 near the Clay/Knox county border. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sprule | - | A tree was reported down off of Sand Lick Road near the community of Sprule, Kentucky. |
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 Q122552110 | 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 515633. 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.