Bakerton, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Burkesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42717. It stands on Brush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Burkesville quadrangle. It stands 600 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Burkesville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Burkesville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Bakerton between 1998 and 2016, burning about 1,290 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 June 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 24 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WILSON |
| 21 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2001 | Smoking | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 28 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GOOSE CREE |
| 6 March 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 845 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bakerton in 6 storm reports between 2014 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 2022 | Flash Flood | Bakerton | - | Portions of Lawson Bottom Road were washed out from flash flooding. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bakerton | - | A Cumberland County law enforcement official reported power lines down in the area from severe thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bakerton | - | The Cumberland County emergency manager reported some trees downed near State Highway 3140. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bakerton | - | Law enforcement reported that State Highway 3140 was closed due to several downed trees. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Bakerton | - | Two inch hail covered the ground 5 miles north of Burkesville. This hail came from a long-lived supercell that began earlier near Bowling Green. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Bakerton | - | The Cumberland Emergency Manager reported that 2 inch hail four miles north of Burkesville damaged homes and vehicles. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Renox (historical) | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Claywell | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Lewis Creek (historical) | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Big Renox | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Amandaville | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Dougan Town | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Burkesville | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Sugar Grove (historical) | 4.5 miles | 8 |
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 Bakerton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4849319 | 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 507440. 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.




