BlockWhite City, Kentucky
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Spottsville census division. It stands on River Slough. The Survey maps it on the Evansville South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 18 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.
- 1914 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Evansville South quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Evansville South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Evansville South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of White City in 2010, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COTTONWOOD FIRE |
| 24 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MIDNIGHT FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of White City: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evansville Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Vanderburg Co. Hwy. Dept. | Stone | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White City in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 2 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | White City | 2 hurt, $80,000 | This tornado occurred on the north bank of the Ohio River. Three river cabins were partially destroyed, and one cabin was completely destroyed. The cabins were poorly constructed. Six to seven telephone poles were blown over. Peak winds were estimated near 90 mph. The average path width was 100 yards. |
| February 2014 | Flood | White City | $10,000 | Minor flooding occurred along the Ohio River. Near a horse-racing track along the Ohio River near Henderson, a couple drove their vehicle into floodwaters. Their vehicle became stranded along the access road. Emergency crews rescued them from the top of their vehicle and transported them to a local hospital to be checked out. |
| February 2025 | Flood | White City | - | Minor flooding of bottomland and other low-lying areas occurred near Evansville. |
| February 2011 | Flash Flood | White City | - | Water was over U.S. Highway 41 on the north side of Henderson near the entrance to Audubon State Park. Kentucky Highway 416 was closed near the two-mile marker. Nearly all of Kentucky Highway 2247 was closed. Water was over parts of Highway 812. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henderson | 8.1 miles | 18 | |
| Baskett | 8.6 miles | 14 | |
| Graham Hill | 9.4 miles | 18 | |
| Weaverton | 9.5 miles | 18 | |
| Finley Addition | 10.6 miles | 18 | |
| Zion | 10.9 miles | 14 | |
| Spottsville | 11.2 miles | 14 | |
| Geneva | 11.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509356. 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.