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Whites, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Berea census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40403. It stands on Walker Branch. The Survey maps it on the Richmond South quadrangle.

Whites within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

23 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Whites between 1997 and 2014, burning about 60 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 June 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 2002Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 April 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 April 1997Debris and open burning7.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 March 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2007Debris and open burning4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 March 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

4 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whites in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2013Thunderstorm WindWhites$1,000An AWOS automated weather gauge at the Berea local airport measured a 61 mph wind gust. Nearby, in the town of Berea, gusty winds toppled a couple of shallow rooted trees.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWhites-no account filed
April 2025Thunderstorm WindWhites-no account filed
March 2012HailWhites-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Madison County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Farristown0.6 miles18
Middletown2.8 miles18
Blythewood Estates (historical)2.8 miles18
Peytontown3.2 miles17
Duncanon3.3 miles17
Kingston3.4 miles15
Buggytown3.7 miles17
Bobtown3.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509363. 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.