Bourbon, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Somerset census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42501. It stands on Allen Branch. The Survey maps it on the Somerset quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1935 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:24000
- 1973 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
37 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Bourbon between 1998 and 2020, burning about 312 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 1999 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RADIO TOWE |
| 29 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RADIO TOWE |
| 17 June 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LISA |
| 27 April 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bourbon: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fishing Creek Shale | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Somerset Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bourbon in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bourbon | $10,000 | The Public Safety Director reported that a fiberglass greenhouse had been blown about 100 feet off its foundation during the height of the storm. Other debris had also been blown up to 500 feet away from where the greenhouse formally sat. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Bourbon | $5,000 | Numerous roads were closed or impassable due to flooding across southern Pulaski county. The list of roads included Slate Branch Road, Oak Hill Road, and Hwy 192. There were also reports and photographs of automobiles stranded in flood waters on Hwy 27 in Somerset. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bourbon | - | Peak gust of 62 mph was measured at the KSME AWOS. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bourbon | - | The RAWS station SOMK2 at the Somerset Airport reported a wind gusts of 59 mph. |
| March 2021 | Heavy Rain | Bourbon | - | The SOMK2 (Somerset) RAWS observing site measured 2.02 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bourbon | - | A tree was blown down and across Oak Hill Rd. in Somerset. |
| September 2012 | Flash Flood | Bourbon | - | KY 1642 Slate Branch Rd was closed due to running water over the road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prater (historical) | 1.1 miles | 11 | |
| Crockett (historical) | 1.3 miles | 10 | |
| Oak Hill | 1.3 miles | 10 | |
| Waite (historical) | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| Ferguson | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Durham (historical) | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Elihu | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Cedar Grove | 2.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 487725. 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.







