Bruin, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Isonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41171. It stands on Birchfield Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bruin quadrangle. It stands 689 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1950 USGS Bruin quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Bruin quadrangle1:24000
- 1971 USGS Bruin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
51 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Bruin between 1997 and 2020, burning about 668 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GRAYSON LA |
| 7 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HOUATTER RD. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bruin in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2015: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flood, 1 flash flood. 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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruin | $5,000 | Trees down at Route 7 and 409 near Round Ridge and Johnson Creek. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruin | $4,000 | Trees were blown down on Hwy 7 and Horton Flat Road. |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruin | $3,000 | Trees and power lines downed at the intersection of Route 7 and HWY 504. |
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Bruin | $1,000 | Highway 7 was impassable due to flash flooding. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruin | $1,000 | A tree was blown down at Hwy 409 in Bruin. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruin | - | Multiple trees were blown down and across the road at Horton Flat. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruin | - | A shed was destroyed and trees were blown down, with one of the trees falling onto the residence located on the same property. |
| July 2010 | Flood | Bruin | - | Three feet of water was reported to have been across Highway 7 in Bruin. |
| May 2010 | Flood | Bruin | - | Kentucky Highway 1612 was reported to be flooded and is closed at this time just inside the Carter county line. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruin | - | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| September 2002 | Hail | Bruin | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Bruin | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Bruin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gomez (historical) | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Ibex | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Green | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Stephens | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Dobbins | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Burke | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Newfoundland | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Stark | 6.2 miles | 8 |
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 Bruin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4978707 | 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 507598. 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.





