Vancleve, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Taulbee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41301. It stands on Little Frozen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Landsaw quadrangle. It stands 718 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1889 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Landsaw quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Landsaw quadrangle1:24000
- 1971 USGS Landsaw quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
154 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Vancleve between 1997 and 2020, burning about 4,109 acres in total. None started naturally. 24 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 | 78 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CAVE BRANCH ROAD |
| 14 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vancleve in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2015: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vancleve | $4,000 | Two 8 inch diameter trees were blown down on Highway 3193. The trees also snapped a power pole when they fell. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vancleve | $2,000 | Two trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| March 2015 | Flood | Vancleve | $1,000 | Kentucky 541 near the Mountain Gospel radio station was flooded. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vancleve | $1,000 | A tree was blown down on Hwy 15 in Vancleve. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vancleve | $1,000 | A tree was blown down along Highway 15 one mile south of the Wolfe county line. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vancleve | $1,000 | Tree down along Highway 15. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vancleve | - | Trees were blown down. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vancleve | - | A tree was blown down near the Vancleve Fire Dept. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Vancleve | - | The north fork of the Kentucky River was about 100 yards out of its banks at the Hwy 15 bridge in Vancleve. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vancleve | - | Numerous trees down. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Vancleve | - | Estimated 60 mph wind gusts were reported. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Vancleve | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Vancleve | - | no account filed |
| December 2004 | Hail | Vancleve | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Vancleve | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Vancleve | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Vancleve | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vancleve | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Flash Flood | Vancleve | - | 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.
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 Vancleve | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14691424 | 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 509273. 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.








