Boydsville, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Sedalia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42079. The Survey maps it on the Lynnville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1952 USGS Lynnville quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Mayfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1978 USGS Lynnville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
60 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Boydsville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 330 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 22 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | TOSH |
| 29 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | SIXTY ONE |
| 16 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | EIGHTY |
| 4 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.5 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | HOSTETLER |
| 6 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | WEAKLEY COUNTY TENNESSEE 89 10028 |
| 20 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Boydsville: 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burton Shale | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Farmington Clay Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Mcswain Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boydsville in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Boydsville | $1,000 | A brief EF0 tornado touchdown occurred about 2.5 miles south of Bell City, near the intersection of Highway 97 and Highway 1270. The actual touchdown was 0.2 miles east of Highway 97 on Highway 1270. Minor tree damage occurred. Peak winds were estimated near 75 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairbanks | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Bell City | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Lynnville | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Tri City | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Vealsburg | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Buena Vista (historical) | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Cooksville | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Cuba | 8.0 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 Boydsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19600583 | 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 507566. 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.




