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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.

Bourbon within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

37 since 1998

Regional 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 burning25
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
16 September 1999Smoking2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 August 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 August 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 June 2012Debris and open burning40 acresKentucky Division of ForestryRADIO TOWE
29 June 2012Debris and open burning6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryRADIO TOWE
17 June 2007Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryLISA
27 April 2001Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fishing Creek ShaleClayProspect
Somerset QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

7 since 2011

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2011Thunderstorm WindBourbon$10,000The 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 2015Flash FloodBourbon$5,000Numerous 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 2026Thunderstorm WindBourbon-Peak gust of 62 mph was measured at the KSME AWOS.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBourbon-The RAWS station SOMK2 at the Somerset Airport reported a wind gusts of 59 mph.
March 2021Heavy RainBourbon-The SOMK2 (Somerset) RAWS observing site measured 2.02 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBourbon-A tree was blown down and across Oak Hill Rd. in Somerset.
September 2012Flash FloodBourbon-KY 1642 Slate Branch Rd was closed due to running water over the road.

Every storm recorded in Pulaski County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Prater (historical)1.1 miles11
Crockett (historical)1.3 miles10
Oak Hill1.3 miles10
Waite (historical)1.6 miles10
Ferguson1.6 miles11
Durham (historical)1.6 miles11
Elihu1.6 miles11
Cedar Grove2.7 miles11

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.