Broughtentown, Kentucky
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Crab Orchard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40419. It lies near Harness Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Crab Orchard quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1952 USGS Crab Orchard quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
50 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Broughtentown between 1998 and 2020, burning about 600 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 May 1998 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Broughtentown in 4 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broughtentown | - | A tree was blown down on Broughtontown Road. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broughtentown | - | A tree was blown down at the intersection of Kentucky Route 643 and Kentucky Route 1781. |
| February 2021 | Flash Flood | Broughtentown | - | Two horses were rescued from a vehicle stuck in high water on Kentucky 1781 near Crab Orchard. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Broughtentown | - | Local law enforcement reported water swiftly running over Highway 1781. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ephesus (historical) | 1.9 miles | 7 | |
| Snyders (historical) | 1.9 miles | 7 | |
| Peoples Corner (historical) | 2.1 miles | 7 | |
| Sopers (historical) | 2.1 miles | 7 | |
| Dog Walk | 2.2 miles | 7 | |
| Chapel Gap (historical) | 2.5 miles | 7 | |
| Thompson Store (historical) | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Chestnut Ridge (historical) | 3.0 miles | 7 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Broughtentown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122569670 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 487976. 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.



