BlockSulphur Lick, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Mount Hermon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42166. It stands on Muncie Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sulphur Lick quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1953 USGS Sulphur Lick quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Sulphur Lick between 2003 and 2011, burning about 55 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 14 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 March 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CARTER FIRE |
| 24 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 December 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 December 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sulphur Lick in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2010: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sulphur Lick | $750 | Trees were downed. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sulphur Lick | - | A trained spotter reported an estimated wind gust of 60 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockbridge | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Cyclone | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Forkton | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Mud Lick | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Hermon | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Persimmon | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Bushong | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Grandview | 6.5 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Sulphur Lick | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65074623 | 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 509157. 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.