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Bradley, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Salyersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41465. It stands on Arnett Branch. The Survey maps it on the Salyersville South quadrangle.

Bradley within Magoffin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

302 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 302 fires within 5 miles of Bradley between 1997 and 2020, burning about 7,255 acres in total. None started naturally. 41 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 burning126
Missing data/not specified/undetermined66
Recreation and ceremony52
Arson/incendiarism41
Equipment and vehicle use8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
7 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBIG LICK
25 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJIM ARNETT BRANCH
16 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySKAGGS
15 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryDANNY BLANTON RD
14 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPARKWAY
19 August 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 August 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Magoffin County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bradley: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Burning Fork ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Magoffin County

Storms near this place

3 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bradley in 3 storm reports between 2021 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2025FloodBradley$25,000A water rescue was reportedly ongoing at 63 Claude Allen Road, just off the Mountain Parkway, southeast of Salyersville.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindBradley$250The local broadcast media reported that a strong thunderstorm gust front had blown down a large tree in the Bradley area of Magoffin County.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBradley-Multiple reports on social media show branches and a large tree blown down in the vicinities of Jim Arnett and Birch Branch Road. Pictures show Burning Fork Road mostly blocked by downed trees.

Every storm recorded in Magoffin 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
Ivyton1.5 miles16
Burning Fork1.8 miles14
Marshallville2.4 miles16
Mason2.4 miles14
Skaggs (historical)2.5 miles14
Royalton2.6 miles14
Sublett2.8 miles14
Conley3.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507570. 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.