Bug, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Albany census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42602. It stands on Hays Creek. The Survey maps it on the Savage quadrangle. It stands 823 feet above sea level.
On record in Bug
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.
Jesse Noland Houselisted 2003 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1929 USGS Byrdstown quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Savage quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Savage quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
32 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Bug between 1999 and 2019, burning about 371 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HAY FIRE |
| 10 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 274 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 April 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GOODMAN RD |
| 6 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 March 2015 | Smoking | 1.6 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DANNY THOMAS |
| 27 March 2014 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OHIO NAVY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bug: 3 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bald Rock Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bald Rock Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Deep Well-Sphalerite Occurrence | Zinc | Occurrence | Sphalerite | |
| Deep Well-Sphalerite Occurrence | Zinc | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bug in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2018: 3 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bug | - | The public reported a tree down near South Clearfork Road. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bug | - | County Dispatch reported that trees and power lines were downed countywide. Specifically, trees had fallen at the intersection of State Road 127 South and Spring Creek Bridge roads, and in the Cedar Hill Community. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bug | - | Trees were blown down in Bug, KY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Mill | 0.3 miles | 11 | |
| Concord (historical) | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Churntop (historical) | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Maupin (historical) | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Cedar Knob | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Paoli (historical) | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Pikeview | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Ewing (historical) | 2.4 miles | 12 |
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 Bug | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4986052 | 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 488337. 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.





