BlockWait, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Zula-Powersburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42603. It stands on Gap Creek. The Survey maps it on the Parnell quadrangle. It stands 1,010 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1911 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1914 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Parnell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Parnell quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
68 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Wait between 1998 and 2019, burning about 2,321 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HUBBARD HOLLAR |
| 18 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 April 2013 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PLEASANT RIDGE |
| 9 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 217 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HIGH WALL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wait in 7 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Tornado (EF2) | Wait | 1 hurt, $1,000,000 | An EF2 tornado with maximum winds near 130 mph entered Wayne County from Clinton County along Pleasant Ridge Road. The tornado maintained a continuous 7 mile track east northeast before lifting 1.5 miles southwest of Monticello near Furnace Mountain. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wait | $25,000 | Trees, power lines, and limbs were blown down in Zula. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wait | $1,000 | Powerlines were reported to have been blown down on Old Bethel Church Road north of Happy Top. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wait | - | The Wayne County dispatch reported that strong thunderstorm wind gusts had knocked down a tree onto KY-1009 near Marcum Road. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wait | - | Trees were blown down and power lines were blown down and onto a house in the Zula and Alpha communities. |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Wait | - | Up to nine inches of water were flowing over Kentucky Highway 90 in several places near the Zula area. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Wait | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zula | 0.8 miles | 14 | |
| Gapcreek | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Windy | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Susie | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Ramsey Island | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Stop (historical) | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Hidalgo | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Murl | 3.7 miles | 14 |
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 Wait | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14691486 | 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 506105. 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.