BlockStonewall, Kentucky
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Brooksville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41004. It stands on McKanes Run. The Survey maps it on the Mount Olivet quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Mount Olivet quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Stonewall in 1999, burning about 15 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stonewall in 8 storm reports between 2009 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stonewall | $10,000 | A 30 by 20 foot portion of a barn roof was removed due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stonewall | $4,000 | Several trees were knocked down on Vermillion Road. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stonewall | $4,000 | Several trees were knocked down on Thompson Road. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stonewall | $3,000 | A few trees were downed along State Route 10. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stonewall | $1,000 | A large tree was blown down. |
| April 2015 | Flood | Stonewall | - | Jett Road was closed due to flooding. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stonewall | - | Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Stonewall | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeville | 1.7 miles | 6 | |
| Parina (historical) | 2.0 miles | 8 | |
| Oakland (historical) | 3.0 miles | 6 | |
| Germantown | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Asbury (historical) | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Brooksville | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Belmont (historical) | 5.8 miles | 6 | |
| Powersville | 5.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509138. 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.