Big Bone, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Walton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41091. It stands on Gum Branch. The Survey maps it on the Rising Sun quadrangle.
On record in Big Bone
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 5 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Big Bone Methodist Churchlisted 1989 · 0.0 miles away
Big Bone Lick State Parklisted 1972 · 0.2 miles away- Dr. John E. Stevenson Houselisted 2000 · 0.1 miles away
- Big Bone Lick Archeological District0.4 miles away
- M. Miller Houselisted 1989 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1943 USGS Rising Sun quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Rising Sun quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rising Sun quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Rising Sun quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Big Bone between 2010 and 2014, burning about 26 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MUD LICK |
| 6 November 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BACKWATERS |
| 30 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BIG BONE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Big Bone: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patriot Aggregate Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Big Bone in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2018: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Bone | $15,000 | Several trees were knocked down, with some minor structural damage at a farm on Big Bone Church Road. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Bone | $3,000 | Five trees were downed at Big Bone Lick State Park. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Bone | $2,000 | A few large limbs were knocked down. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Big Bone | $1,000 | Creeks were overflowing due to heavy rain, multiple roads were reported to have high water over them, and a couple of roads were closed in the area. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Bone | $1,000 | Large limbs were blown down in Big Bone Lick State Park. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Big Bone | - | Several roads were closed due to high water across the southern half of Boone County. |
| October 2016 | Hail | Big Bone | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Big Bone | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Beaverlick | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Hume | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Hueys Corners | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Union | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Waterloo | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Rabbit Hash | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Verona | 6.8 miles | 9 |
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 Big Bone | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4905172 | 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 487080. 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.






