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Brewers, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Benton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42054. It stands on Duncan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oak Level quadrangle.

Brewers within Marshall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

17 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Brewers between 1999 and 2014, burning about 150 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1

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
24 September 1999Smoking2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 August 2007Railroad operations and maintenance70 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 August 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 March 2010Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 March 2010Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 March 2014Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPRATHER RD.
18 March 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 March 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Brewers: 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Ray Branch Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect
Backusburg ClayClayProspect
Kirk Ridge Clay ExposureClayProspect

Every working recorded in Marshall County

Storms near this place

12 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brewers in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 20 injuries. 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
November 2005Tornado (F3)Brewers1 killed, 20 hurt, $8,000,000The long-track tornado entered Marshall County from extreme northwest Calloway County. As the tornado moved quickly northeast across Marshall County, it reached its peak intensity of 200 MPH as it approached the Kentucky Lake resort campgrounds and boatyards. Until the tornado reached U.S. Highway 641 south of Benton, mostly F-1 damage occurred. Garages and barns sustained varying degrees of damage, and numerous trees were down. The most serious damage, ranging up to F-3 intensity, occurred from Big Bear Highway to Moor's Resort on Kentucky Lake. The occupant of a destroyed mobile home was killed in this area. The mobile home was thrown 40 feet and overturned before catching fire. At Moor's Resort, a year-round camping area was struck directly. A total of 115 RV's were destroyed, and the campground was devastated. A dock was demolished, taking a number of boats with it. Although the harbor and campground were destroyed, cabins and other lodging facilities outside of the tornado path were untouched. The average path width of this tornado was 275 yards, but it grew to a maximum of 500 yards in Marshall County. In Marshall County, approximately 19 homes were destroyed, 36 suffered major damage, and 65 received minor damage. The tornado then moved over Kentucky Lake and crossed into Lyon County.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindBrewers$150,000A National Weather Service damage survey indicated a microburst containing winds estimated near 90 MPH overturned 2 mobile homes and demolished three or four barns.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindBrewers$35,000Several trees were blown down. The roof was blown off a shop. There was roof damage to a home.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindBrewers$30,000Trees were blown down, blocking both lanes at the intersection of Highways 402 and 58 in the Brewers area. A tree was down on Highway 2606 a couple miles southwest of Benton. Another tree landed on a house southwest of Benton on Highway 58. The house was evacuated due to structural damage.
February 2025Flash FloodBrewers$25,000A bridge on KY-58 lost much of its support due to flash flooding damage. The scale of damage was observed once waters receded during the afternoon the day after torrential rainfall. End time based on observation of damage.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindBrewers$10,000A few trees and power lines were blown down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBrewers$5,000Numerous trees were down at the intersection of Highways 58 and 80 as well as Highway 641 near Hardin.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindBrewers$3,000Trees were blown down on Highway 58 southwest of Highway 402.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindBrewers$3,000A tree and power lines were blown across Highway 402 near Hardin. A wind gust to 60 mph was measured near Brewers.
May 2023HailBrewers-A photo of roughly 2.25 inch hail was posted by a local broadcast station.
April 2006HailBrewers-Hail occurred over much of southern and central Marshall County. Nickel size hail fell at Benton. Quarter size hail fell at Hardin and Brewers.
June 2006HailBrewers-Dime to quarter size hail fell from Brewers to Benton.

Every storm recorded in Marshall 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
Jackson (historical)2.5 miles12
Graves County Line2.5 miles12
Harvey2.8 miles12
Vanzora (historical)3.8 miles12
Woodall (historical)5.1 miles12
Yancy Darnell (historical)5.3 miles13
Pleasant Valley (historical)5.8 miles12
South Marshall6.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 487866. 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.