BlockVerda, Kentucky
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Harlan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40828. It stands on Jones Creek. The Survey maps it on the Evarts quadrangle. It stands 1,352 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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.
- 1887 USGS Jonesville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Jonesville quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1916 USGS Nolansburg quadrangle1:48000
- 1919 USGS Nolansburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1935 USGS Evarts quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evarts quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Evarts quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Middlesboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
135 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Verda between 1997 and 2020, burning about 9,942 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 35 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 | 53 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KILDAV FIR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Verda in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Verda | $5,000 | Numerous reports of trees and power lines downed throughout county. One tree fell onto a trailer at Brittians Creek. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Verda | $2,000 | A couple of trees were blown down near Verda on Highway 80. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Verda | - | The Department of Highways reported water flowing over Caywood Branch Road east of Harlan. |
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 Verda | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7921016 | 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 506020. 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.