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Summit, Kentucky

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Ashland South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41102. It stands on Shope Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ashland quadrangle.

Summit within Boyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

123 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Summit between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,110 acres in total. None started naturally. 30 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
Debris and open burning44
Arson/incendiarism30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Recreation and ceremony18
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarism10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 1998Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryELIZABETH COURT
12 August 1998Equipment and vehicle use10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryREBEL ROAD
19 June 2007Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 May 2018Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBUCK HAVEN
13 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCOLLINS ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Summit: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Armco Steel/ Ashland, Ky.IronUnknown
Clinton Shale MineClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Boyd County

Storms near this place

9 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Summit in 9 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 4 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2012Thunderstorm WindSummit$1,000,000Large trees and branches fell in scattered locations throughout the county.
July 2010Flash FloodSummit$20,000Overflowing streams blocked roads, including portions of Route 5. However, damage to dwellings was minimal.
August 2007Flash FloodSummit$15,000Rain amounts of 2 to 3 inches in 1 to 2 hours, fell near the Little Hood Creek basin. Roads were flooded and closed. Water surrounded several homes. Some families were evacuated along McKnight Street and Old Buckley Road in Westwood as a precaution. ||The dry conditions, prior to the downpour, prevented more serious problems.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindSummit$10,000Trees and large branches were blown down.
February 2023FloodSummit$2,000Numerous roads were closed around Cannonsburg due to high water, including Shopes Creek Road and Kentucky Routes 5, 168, and 854.
June 2019Flash FloodSummit$2,000High water resulted in an impassable intersection between Route 5 and Rose Road in Summit.
January 2022Flash FloodSummit$1,000Portions of Kentucky Route 5 were impassable due to high water.
April 2015LightningSummit$300A barn on Harris Road sustained minor damage after being struck by lightning. Damage was limited to the electrical panel and about 3 to 4 feet of the adjacent wall.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindSummit$250Multiple trees and power lines were knocked down in the town of Summitt.

Every storm recorded in Boyd County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Ironville1.3 miles22
Rockdale1.5 miles22
Winslow1.5 miles22
Little Garner (historical)1.9 miles22
Meads1.9 miles22
West Fairview2.2 miles22
Fairview3.0 miles22
Westwood3.5 miles22

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 SummitAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7637742The 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 504785. 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.