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Browning, Kentucky

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hadley-Browning census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42274. The Survey maps it on the Rockfield quadrangle.

Browning within Warren County

On record in Browning

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

11 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Browning between 2000 and 2011, burning about 63 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
21 June 2007Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 March 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 March 2000Arson/incendiarism23 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 March 2007Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 March 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Browning: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Tri County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Warren County

Storms near this place

8 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Browning in 8 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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
February 2025Flash FloodBrowning$10,000A vehicle attempted to drive through and stalled in flood waters on Browning Road near Tommy Smith Road.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindBrowning$5,000Local law enforcement reported roof damage to a barn due to severe thunderstorm winds.
January 2023Flash FloodBrowning-There were several areas of water over the roadway along Galloways Mill Road.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindBrowning-Trees were blown down along Blue Level Providence Road.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindBrowning-Trees were blown down along Galloways Mill Road.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindBrowning-Trees were blown down along Browning Road near its intersection with Rockfield Browning Road, also resulting in downed power lines.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBrowning-Local law enforcement reported trees down in the area.
July 2017HailBrowning-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Warren 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
Rockfield3.5 miles10
Petros3.5 miles10
Blue Level4.2 miles10
Memphis Junction6.4 miles16
Rich Pond6.4 miles10
Pilot Knob (historical)7.1 miles9
Lost River7.1 miles16
Springhill7.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507592. 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.