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Vento, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Bonnieville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42713. It lies near Gardner Knob. The Survey maps it on the Upton quadrangle.

Vento within Hart County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

30 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Vento between 1997 and 2018, burning about 222 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony8
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1

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 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWONDERLAND RD.
26 September 1999Smoking6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2000Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 April 2018Arson/incendiarism20 acresKentucky Division of ForestryUPTON
3 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 April 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPLEASANT HILL CHURCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hart 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 Vento: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Childress Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect
Upton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Hart County

Storms near this place

4 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vento in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2021Thunderstorm WindVento-Downed trees were blocking 31 West, just north of Bonnieville. There were also several reports of wind damaged barns in the area.
April 2020HailVento-One inch hail was reported by a former NWS employee.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindVento-A National Weather Service employee reported trees down along Interstate 65 four miles south of Upton.
April 2020HailVento-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hart 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
Wabash2.4 miles11
Bonnieville2.8 miles12
Lone Star3.0 miles12
High Hickory3.4 miles11
Hammonville5.1 miles11
Riders Mill5.6 miles12
Priceville5.8 miles11
Jonesville6.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509280. 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.