BlockWillis Creek, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cumberland City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42602. It stands on Dicken Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wolf Creek Dam quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Wolf Creek Dam quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Wolf Creek Dam quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
42 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Willis Creek between 1998 and 2017, burning about 852 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willis Creek in 1 storm report in 2017: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willis Creek | - | State officials reported trees down in the area due to severe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desda | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Aaron | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Decide | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Willow Grove (historical) | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Waterview (historical) | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Ida | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Seventy Six | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Abstons Corner | 5.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509376. 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.