BlockTerryville, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Blaine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41159. It stands on Lewis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Redbush quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1886 USGS Prestonsburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Prestonsburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1915 USGS Paintsville quadrangle1:48000
- 1917 USGS Paintsville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Redbush quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Redbush quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Redbush quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
96 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Terryville between 1997 and 2018, burning about 2,958 acres in total. None started naturally. 25 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 burning | 43 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MILL CREEK |
| 7 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 187 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ELDRIDGE ROAD |
| 6 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 120 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Terryville in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Tornado (EF3) | Terryville | 2 hurt, $350,000 | The long track tornado clipped extreme southwestern Lawrence County, for a few miles around Terryville, before crossing briefly into Johnson County. ||Maximum wind gusts were estimated around 140 mph from damage to mobile homes. Two residents were injured in this segment of the tornado. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skaggs | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Mazie | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Cam Creek (historical) | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Martha | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Hannah | 7.3 miles | 15 | |
| Blevins | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Tarkiln (historical) | 8.0 miles | 17 | |
| Blaine | 8.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509198. 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.