BlockWillow Shade, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Summer Shade census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42166. It stands on Garmon Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dubre quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1953 USGS Dubre quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
46 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Willow Shade between 1998 and 2019, burning about 2,908 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LONESTAR RIDGE |
| 10 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 73 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GLEN SHAW RD |
| 7 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SLATE CREEK FIRE |
| 6 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willow Shade in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 2 tornado, 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Willow Shade | - | The tornadic circulation continued from Cumberland County into Metcalfe County, hugging the west side of Cedar Ridge just to the east of Ferris Creek Road and Earl Hurt Road. The tornado lifted about 1.9 miles north-northeast of Dubre at a residence |along Earl Hurt Road after uprooting several more trees that were|oriented in multiple directions. A drone was flown along the|western edge of the ridge line between the initial residence that|was impacted and the lifting point, and very little limb damage|was noted. It is likely that there was some terrain interaction|along the western edge of Cedar Ridge that helped with the|circulation. Overall, the EF0 tornado was on the ground for just|under 1 mile with a maximum path width of 200 yards. There was|additional straight-line wind damage consistent with 70 to 80 mph|winds that was noted right on Ferris Fork and Ferris Creek Roads|that all had east-northeasterly orientation and appears to be inflow into the|main tornadic circulation just a couple hundred yards to the east. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Willow Shade | - | The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey and found a tornado occurred on Sunday, May 26th, 2024. Despite the fact that the tornado was only on the ground for a little over one mile and one minute, it tracked very briefly through Monroe, Metcalfe, and Cumberland County.||The tornado crossed into Metcalfe County for a few yards as it tracked along Bacon Branch of Leatherwood Creek near Fowler Brown Road. Most of the tree damage associated with the tornado at this point was in Cumberland County, though minor damage did occur across the county line in Metcalfe County. After a few seconds straddling the Metcalfe and Cumberland County line, the tornado would cross into Cumberland County for good. |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Willow Shade | - | Kentucky 90, Summer Shade Road, one mile west of the Cumberland/Metcalf County Line was closed due to flooding. |
| July 2013 | Flood | Willow Shade | - | The Metcalfe emergency manager reported water over State highway 90, making the road impassable. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Summer Shade | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Goodluck | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Curtis | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Cedar Flats | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Edmonton | 9.1 miles | 10 | |
| Cofer | 9.9 miles | 9 | |
| Randolph | 10.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509378. 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.