BlockWelchs Creek, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Welchs Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42261. It lies near Flat Woods. The Survey maps it on the Welchs Creek quadrangle. It stands 607 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1925 USGS Spring Lick quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Welchs Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Welchs Creek between 1999 and 2017, burning about 99 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MORGANTOWN RD. |
| 19 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BLADDER FI |
| 22 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Welchs Creek: 1 prospect. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Creek Clay | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Welchs Creek in 1 storm report in 2006: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2006 | Hail | Welchs Creek | - | 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 Welchs Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q30622260 | 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 509334. 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.