Akersville, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Fountain Run census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42133. It lies near Jack Edward Cosby Bottom. The Survey maps it on the Fountain Run quadrangle.
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.
- 1931 USGS Red Boiling Springs quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Fountain Run 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
18 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Akersville between 1997 and 2018, burning about 139 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 March 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BROOKS RD. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Akersville: 4 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Oil Shale, Uranium, Oil Shale, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fountain Run | Zinc, Dolomite | Prospect | 1970 | |
| Outcrop Sample For Uranium | Uranium, Oil Shale | Occurrence | ||
| Outcrop Sample For Uranium | Uranium, Oil Shale | Occurrence | ||
| Outcrop Sample For Uranium | Uranium, Oil Shale | Occurrence | ||
| Outcrop Sample For Uranium | Uranium, Oil Shale | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Akersville in 2 storm reports between 2001 and 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2008 | Hail | Akersville | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Akersville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bugtussle | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Fountain Run | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Flippin | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Pikesville (historical) | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Gamaliel | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Freetown | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Lamb | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Gum Tree | 8.2 miles | 11 |
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 Akersville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q140472697 | 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 485807. 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.




