BlockBramlett, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Gresham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42743. It stands on Snake Branch. The Survey maps it on the Gresham quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Gresham quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
24 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Bramlett between 1998 and 2020, burning about 163 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BRAMLETT |
| 4 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.3 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RUSSELL CREEK |
| 30 March 1998 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 March 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 March 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bramlett in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bramlett | - | A large barn was blown down on the 2600 block of Bramlett Road. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bramlett | - | State officials reported trees down in the area. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bramlett | - | State officials reported trees down in the area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fry | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Kemp | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Gresham | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Exie | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Haskingsville | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Mount Gilead | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Mell | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Thurlow | 5.3 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507573. 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.
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.