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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1936 USGS Benton quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Briensburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1938 USGS Briensburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Benton quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Briensburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1969 USGS Briensburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 1998Regional 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 ceremony | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WHISPERING HILLS |
| 5 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PINE LOGS |
| 23 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LITTLE BEAR CREEK FIRE |
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MARSHALL |
| 27 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OLIVE HAMLETT RD. |
| 15 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briensburg Shale | Clay | Prospect | ||
| West-Of-Highway Clay | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Briensburg | $35,000 | A 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 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Briensburg | $10,000 | Large 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 2003 | Tornado (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 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Briensburg | - | Along U.S. Highway 68, there were large trees down. Peak winds were estimated near 70 MPH. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Briensburg | - | Lots of nickel and dime size hail was reported. |
| March 1995 | Hail | Briensburg | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Draffenville | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Scale | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Tatumsville | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Bethel | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Hamlet (historical) | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Benton | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Pugh (historical) | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Middle Fork (historical) | 4.3 miles | 12 |
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.







