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Yosemite, Kentucky

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Middleburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42566. It stands on Hites Creek. The Survey maps it on the Yosemite quadrangle. It stands 840 feet above sea level.

Yosemite within Casey County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

58 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Yosemite between 1998 and 2020, burning about 911 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 burning26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
17 August 2008Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2013Debris and open burning15 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMCQUEEN
24 April 2014Debris and open burning41 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWATSON SAWMILL
22 April 2014Debris and open burning31 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFAIRVIEW CHURCH FIRE
21 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMOCCASIN
17 April 2008Debris and open burning35 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Casey County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Yosemite: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Roadcut Bench Clay BedClayProspect

Every working recorded in Casey County

Storms near this place

9 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yosemite in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
May 2002HailYosemite$10,000Windows were knocked out of buildings.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindYosemite$5,000no account filed
April 2025Thunderstorm WindYosemite-A tree fell down.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindYosemite-There was a tree blocking the road near Old Pollys Shoe Store. There were also trees down on Upper Brush Creek Road and at the intersection of Angel Ridge and KY 501.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindYosemite-A tree and power line were down just north of the intersection at Highway 127 and Short Town Road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindYosemite-Casey County emergency dispatch reported multiple trees downed along highways 70, 1649, and 501.
May 2003HailYosemite-Penny size hail was reported over much of eastern Casey County.
May 2003HailYosemite-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindYosemite-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Casey 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
Middleburg0.8 miles8
Lanhamtown3.1 miles7
Stapp (historical)3.2 miles8
Calvary (historical)3.5 miles8
Lawhorn Hill3.6 miles8
Moore3.9 miles7
Knob Lick (historical)4.6 miles8
Poplar Springs (historical)5.1 miles7

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 YosemiteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8055914The 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 507236. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.