BlockTruitt, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Tygarts Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41175. It stands on Mud Lick. The Survey maps it on the Brushart quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1915 USGS Garrison quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Garrison quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Brushart quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Brushart quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
159 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Truitt between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,362 acres in total. None started naturally. 34 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 | 73 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | APPLE TREE/ SR 784 |
| 18 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | STOCKHOLM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Truitt: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley Mines | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Hannah Clay Co. Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Horner Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Howland Tract Mine | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Truitt in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2021: 2 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Truitt | $2,000 | Two trees were downed in the town of Truitt. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Truitt | $2,000 | In the town of Load, a local creek overflowed into the backyard of a residential home, with standing water surrounding the house. |
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | Truitt | $2,000 | Coal Branch flooded, closing a section of Route 827. There was also urban flooding in Russell and Raceland. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509239. 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.