Aaron, 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 lies near Desda Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Wolf Creek Dam quadrangle. It stands 1,056 feet above sea level.
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
53 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Aaron between 1998 and 2019, burning about 1,293 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 150 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WHIPPOORWILL FIRE |
| 2 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
| 6 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aaron in 3 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aaron | - | There were numerous trees down along US 127 in the northern part of the county. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aaron | - | The Clinton County Emergency Manager reported trees down on Charlie Tallent Road and Grider Hill Dock. There were other trees reported down on Beaty Creek Road and Highway 558 near the Piney Woods subdivision. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aaron | - | Trees down |
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 | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Willis Creek | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Waterview (historical) | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Seventy Six | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Decide | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Ida | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Willow Grove (historical) | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Williams Creek (historical) | 4.7 miles | 10 |
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 Aaron | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19871373 | 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 507367. 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.




