Alumbaugh, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Wagersville-South Irvine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40336. It stands on Sparks Branch. The Survey maps it on the Leighton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1892 USGS Beattyville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1952 USGS Leighton quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
138 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Alumbaugh between 1993 and 2019, burning about 4,636 acres in total. None started naturally. 54 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 | 54 |
| Debris and open burning | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | RADER RIDGE |
| 11 July 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | ME CRAZY |
| 10 July 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | SMOKING MAPLE |
| 12 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alumbaugh in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2011: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alumbaugh | $7,000 | Several trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alumbaugh | $1,000 | A tree was blown down and across Jakes Heavenly Highway in Alumbaugh. |
| May 2010 | Flood | Alumbaugh | - | Kentucky Route 1209 and county road Searcy Branch were under water as of 348 am with a few homes on Rt 1209 surrounded by water in the community of Alumbaugh. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Alumbaugh | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynch Town (historical) | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Walnut Gap (historical) | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Greenbriar (historical) | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Wagersville | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Leighton | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Barnes Mountain (historical) | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Macedonia (historical) | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Buck Creek (historical) | 3.8 miles | 12 |
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 Q122557456 | 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 510255. 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.




