BlockWhite Tower, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Piner-Visalia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41051. The Survey maps it on the Independence quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1950 USGS Independence quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Independence quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Independence quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Independence quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of White Tower between 2002 and 2018, burning about 170 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 53 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KLEIN FIRE |
| 19 March 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | INDEPENDENCE RAILROAD |
| 2 November 2010 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SHERBOURNE |
| 23 October 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RECTOR RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Tower in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Tower | $1,000 | A large tree was downed near Highway 16 due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffordsburg | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Independence | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Nicholson | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Ryland | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Latonia Lakes | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Oak Ridge | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Visalia | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Ryland Heights | 3.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 517069. 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.