BlockKentucky Town, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75491. The Survey maps it on the Whitewright quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Whitesright quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Whitewright quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
120 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Kentucky Town between 2005 and 2020, burning about 913 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 burning | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GF |
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KATY ROAD FIRE |
| 5 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GF |
| 5 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JACK ENGLAND FIRE |
| 5 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SEARS FIRE |
| 4 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-197 |
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MA |
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kentucky Town in 1 storm report in 2019: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | Hail | Kentucky Town | - | Emergency management reported ping pong ball size hail on Highway 11 between the towns of Tom Bean and Whitewright. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Bean | 2.4 miles | 7 | |
| Whitewright | 2.5 miles | 7 | |
| Canaan | 3.0 miles | 7 | |
| Whiterock | 3.3 miles | 7 | |
| White Mound | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Ida | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Pilot Grove | 5.8 miles | 7 | |
| Cannon | 6.2 miles | 7 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122569821 | 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 1380026. 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.