Kentuck, Alabama
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Munford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36268. It stands on Kentuck Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Oxford quadrangle. It stands 1,112 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1900 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
127 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Kentuck between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,968 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 50 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | BREEZY |
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests in Alabama | FIRE BALL |
| 20 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190920-13 |
| 13 September 1999 | Natural | 10 acres | National Forests in Alabama | 4-WHEELER |
| 13 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | PAYMENT UNIT |
| 2 August 2012 | Natural | 17 acres | National Forests in Alabama | ROCK FORD |
| 19 August 2007 | Natural | 7.5 acres | National Forests in Alabama | MIRAGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kentuck: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Uncertain, Anniston Area | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kentuck 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kentuck | - | Several trees uprooted near the intersection of McIntosh Road and Mary drive. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McAding | 2.1 miles | 21 | |
| Oak Hill | 3.8 miles | 21 | |
| Sweet Home | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| Silver Run | 4.7 miles | 21 | |
| Hopeful | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Jenifer | 5.8 miles | 21 | |
| Grant Town | 6.4 miles | 21 | |
| Munford | 6.4 miles | 21 |
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 Kentuck | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18387635 | 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 159888. 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.









