Brownsville, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hickman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42050. It lies near Wilson Hill. The Survey maps it on the Hickman quadrangle. It stands 459 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1939 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1970 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS Sikeston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Brownsville between 1999 and 2017, burning about 205 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.2 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | EIGHTY ONE |
| 24 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KUDZU |
| 24 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 June 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | THIRTY THREE |
| 10 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BROWNSVILLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Brownsville: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Graphite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carborundum Co/ Hickman, Ky. | Graphite | Producer | ||
| Emma D. Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brownsville in 2 storm reports between 1996 and 2002: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownsville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| January 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownsville | $4,000 | Near Brownsville, a trailer was blown over, and the windows of a shed were broken. Just north of Fulton, the porch was blown off a trailer. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beech Grove (historical) | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Anna Lynne | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Blue Pond | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Stubbs | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Hickman | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Mabel | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Ledford | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Bondurant | 5.5 miles | 13 |
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 Brownsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690171 | 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 507597. 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.







