BlockWhittle, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Eli census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42642. It lies near Ono Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Eli quadrangle. It stands 1,047 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Eli quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Eli quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Whittle between 2001 and 2020, burning about 294 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BROWN RIDGE |
| 10 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 March 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GRIDER FIRE |
| 13 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 215 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CHARLES GIBBS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whittle in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 2019 | Flash Flood | Whittle | - | Several roads throughout the county had to be closed due to high water. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whittle | - | Multiple trees were reported down. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whittle | - | The county Road Department reported that trees fell along Highway 1383 near Alligator Creek. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whittle | - | A barn and trees were blown down. |
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 Whittle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7996918 | 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 509366. 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.