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Briensburg, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Calvert City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42025. The Survey maps it on the Briensburg quadrangle.

Briensburg within Marshall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

20 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Briensburg between 1998 and 2016, burning about 325 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 ceremony8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWHISPERING HILLS
5 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPINE LOGS
23 September 2015Recreation and ceremony10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLITTLE BEAR CREEK FIRE
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMARSHALL
27 August 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 April 2011Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryOLIVE HAMLETT RD.
15 April 2003Missing 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Briensburg: 2 prospects. 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
Briensburg ShaleClayProspect
West-Of-Highway ClayClayProspect

Every working recorded in Marshall County

Storms near this place

6 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Briensburg in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 4 tornado, 2 hail. 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
June 2003Tornado (F1)Briensburg$35,000A mobile home was pushed two to three feet off its pier foundation, nearly pulling tie downs out of the ground. Part of the wooden deck with an attached metal awning was thrown 200 feet across a roadway. Another part of the deck crashed into a corner of the mobile home and a pickup truck, causing substantial damage to both. A heavy wooden shed with some heavy equipment in it was flipped over. A utility trailer was moved several feet. Deck furniture and the metal roof from a carport were blown away. A dog was injured. Peak winds were estimated near 75 MPH. The damage location was about a half mile south of the intersection of Highway 795 and Foust Sledd Road, which is less than a mile west of the Purchase Parkway.
April 2022Tornado (EF0)Briensburg$10,000Large sections of metal roofing were blown off a shed. Some minor shingle damage occurred at a house. Tree limbs were broken. Peak winds were estimated near 70 mph.
May 2003Tornado (F1)Briensburg-Large trees were down, and sheds and barns were damaged. Peak winds were estimated near 85 MPH. The damage area was along U.S. Highway 68.
May 2003Tornado (F0)Briensburg-Along U.S. Highway 68, there were large trees down. Peak winds were estimated near 70 MPH.
June 2001HailBriensburg-Lots of nickel and dime size hail was reported.
March 1995HailBriensburg-no account filed

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
Draffenville1.4 miles13
Scale1.9 miles13
Tatumsville2.2 miles13
Bethel3.1 miles13
Hamlet (historical)3.4 miles13
Benton3.5 miles13
Pugh (historical)4.2 miles13
Middle Fork (historical)4.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 487894. 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.