BlockWarnock, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Tygarts Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41144. It stands on Warnock Branch. The Survey maps it on the Oldtown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1903 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Oldtown quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
85 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Warnock between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,466 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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 | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 July 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 June 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WHITTIER RD |
| 7 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OLE SHEA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Warnock: 3 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 | ||
| Dupuy Clay Strip Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Womack Mine | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Warnock in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 6 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warnock | $20,000 | Trees and large branches were blown onto power lines. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Warnock | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warnock | $1,000 | A few trees were blown down. |
| October 2000 | Flash Flood | Warnock | $1,000 | A slow moving thunderstorm produced a localized downpour over Long Branch, Lost Creek, and Little White Oak Creek. Roads around the elementary school briefly flooded, leaving debris on the road. The downpour was too small to affect Tygarts Creek. |
| April 2024 | Flood | Warnock | $500 | State Route 2 was blocked due to flooding near the 6.4 mile marker. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Warnock | - | The enhanced rain rates in the late afternoon and early evening caused the existing flood levels on the streams to rise faster, for a brief time during the evening hours. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Warnock | - | Along with the large hail, over an inch of rain was measured in about 30 minutes. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Warnock | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Warnock | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Warnock | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Warnock | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509319. 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.