Bonnyman, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Hazard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41719. It stands on Little Wolf Pen Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hazard North quadrangle. It stands 981 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1891 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1914 USGS Troublesome quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Hazard North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Hazard North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Hazard North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
727 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 727 fires within 5 miles of Bonnyman between 1993 and 2020, burning about 29,417 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 146 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 | 266 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 235 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 146 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 62 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 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 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | STIDHAM LN |
| 6 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SHERIFFS COURT |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 Bonnyman: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Branch Gap Clay | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bonnyman in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 1 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2013 | Flood | Bonnyman | $5,000 | Flooding washed out a bridge on Typo Road south of Bonnyman. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bonnyman | - | A tree was blown down in the 4300 block of KY-15 in the Bonnyman community. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Bonnyman | - | Lower Second Creek Rd was closed northwest of Hazard. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Valley (historical) | 0.5 miles | 16 | |
| Clemons | 0.5 miles | 16 | |
| Typo | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Blue Diamond | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Airport Gardens | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Butterfly | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Combs | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Harveyton | 2.4 miles | 16 |
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 Bonnyman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4942518 | 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 487672. 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.







