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Burkesville, Kentucky

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Burkesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42717. It stands on Rocky Branch. The Survey maps it on the Burkesville quadrangle. 1,388 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 581 feet above sea level.

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Burkesville within Cumberland County

On record in Burkesville

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Burkesville fell from 1,521 to 1,388 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,521
20201,388-133 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

43 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Burkesville between 1998 and 2019, burning about 585 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
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony9
Arson/incendiarism5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
26 August 2009Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 June 2012Recreation and ceremony24 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWILSON
21 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2001Arson/incendiarism40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2001Smoking3.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 March 2012Debris and open burning28 acresKentucky Division of ForestryGOOSE CREE
5 March 2009Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cumberland County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Burkesville: 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Oil Shale, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Cadmium, Germanium. 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
BurkesvilleZinc, Cadmium, GermaniumPast ProducerSphalerite
Grider MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Outcrop Sample For UraniumUranium, Oil ShaleOccurrence

Every working recorded in Cumberland County

Storms near this place

43 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burkesville in 43 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 31 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 5 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
November 2000Tornado (F1)Burkesville$150,000Roofs were ripped from several homes and storage buildings. Several barns were demolished. Part of a roof was ripped off an elementary school.
May 2010Flash FloodBurkesville$100,000Numerous roads across the county were closed due to flash flooding. A total of five to eight inches of rain fell across Cumberland county from May 1-2.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBurkesville$75,000The Cumberland County emergency manager reported numerous trees and power lines were down across the county. A NWS survey team the following day estimated that the number of trees down across the county from several hundred to well over one thousand, and caused more damage than a brief tornado that occurred in the southwest corner of the county near the Tennessee state line.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindBurkesville$30,000Multiple trees and power lines were reported down through out the county, but most were in Burkesville.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindBurkesville$20,000The Burkesville police reported several trees down across roadways. A couple of limbs fell on vehicles and some power lines were downed.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindBurkesville$10,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindBurkesville$10,000no account filed
April 2013Thunderstorm WindBurkesville$5,000The Cumberland County Emergency Manager reported some shingles were blown off several houses near the intersection of Free Ferry and Smith Grove Roads. Some ceder trees were downed and some tin was removed from a barn near the same location.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindBurkesville$2,000Trees were downed in Burkesville.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Three power poles were blown down by strong winds along Kentucky Route 90 east of Burkesville.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Several trees were blown down by strong winds in downtown Burkesville.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Trees blew down across Cumberland County, resulting in several road closures.
July 2023HailBurkesville-Hail ranging from quarter to half dollar size was reported near Burkesville.
July 2022Flash FloodBurkesville-Flood waters have entered businesses in Burkesville.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Trees were down within the city limits of Burkesville.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Dispatch reported trees down in the Burkesville city limits.
May 2021Flash FloodBurkesville-There were reports of water over roadways.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-There were trees reported down in the area.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Local law enforcement reported trees down in the area.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Local law enforcement reported trees and power lines down throughout the county.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Power lines and trees were downed.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Trees reported down.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Trees were reported down across the county.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Trees were downed.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-The NWS cooperative observer estimated a 70 to 80 mph wind gust.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-A few trees were downed at a camp ground.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Trees were downed.
July 2004Flash FloodBurkesville-Water covered some roads in Burkesville. Several creeks were out of their banks.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Trees were downed.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Several trees were downed along Highway 1351.
July 2000Flash FloodBurkesville-Main Street in Burkesville was flooded.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Trees down
January 1999Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Trees and power lines down across southeast part of county
May 1995Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Trees down as well as flooding.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Trees were reported down from Burkesville Northwest to Marrowbone. Report from County Dispatch.
March 2025HailBurkesville-no account filed
March 2011HailBurkesville-no account filed
June 2007HailBurkesville-no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-no account filed
April 2007Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-no account filed
May 2000HailBurkesville-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-no account filed
May 1996HailBurkesville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cumberland 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
Dougan Town0.8 miles10
Lewis Creek (historical)1.3 miles10
Bow2.3 miles10
Grider3.1 miles8
Ellington3.6 miles8
Little Renox (historical)4.2 miles8
Leslie4.4 miles8
Bakerton4.5 miles10

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 BurkesvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2928518The 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 488433. 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.