BlockBetsey, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Mill Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42633. It stands on Betsey Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Frazer quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1932 USGS Burnside quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Frazer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Frazer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Betsey between 1999 and 2020, burning about 678 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MORROW CEMETARY |
| 4 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BEECH VALLEY |
| 15 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Betsey in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF2) | Betsey | $50,000 | An EF2 tornado touched down 1 mile south of Betsey in the Meadow Creek area. The tornado had a path length of 1/4 of a mile and a path width of 100 yards. The estimated wind speeds associated with the tornado were 110 to 120 mph. The tornado downed numerous trees. The twister also blew part of the roof off of a brick home, causing the corner of an outside wall to collapse. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Betsey | $500 | The Wayne County dispatch reported that strong thunderstorm wind gusts caused a tree to fall onto KY-1619, blocking the roadway. |
| June 2025 | Funnel Cloud | Betsey | - | The public shared a video of a rotating wall cloud with occasional funnel clouds. The rotation moved NE out of Wayne County and into far SW Pulaski County. The individual who filmed the video was looking east towards KY-90 in Mill Springs, and the rotation moved parallel to KY-90 towards Burnside on radar. Neither Wayne County nor Pulaski County EM reported any damage after investigating the area of interest, and the radar signature was rather weak (maximum VROT signature around 10 knots). |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Touristville | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Mill Springs | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Hardwick | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Steubenville | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Spann | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Frazer | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Kidder | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Rankin | 5.1 miles | 14 |
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 Q122543500 | 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 507501. 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.