Burna, Kentucky
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Salem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42028. The Survey maps it on the Burna quadrangle. 219 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 548 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBurna fell from 257 to 219 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 257 | |
| 2020 | 219 | -38 (-15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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 Smithland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1936 USGS Smithland quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Smithland quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Burna quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
14 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Burna between 1999 and 2016, burning about 314 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Burna: 6 prospects, 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Cadmium, Germanium, Gallium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyers Hill Fluorspar Deposits | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Cadmium, Germanium, Gallium | Past Producer | 1950, 1956 | |
| Lasher Project | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc | Prospect | 1970 | |
| Hutson Zinc Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Larkin Croft Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| B.S.Watson Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Bonanza | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1902, 1903 | |
| Dyers Hill Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| Klondike Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1950 | |
| Old Dell Robertson Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| W.H.Null Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect |
Storms near this place
9 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burna in 9 storm reports between 2002 and 2019: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2018 | Tornado (EF2) | Burna | $175,000 | The tornado touched down in a very rural area along Highway 763, just north of Dyer Hill. Near the end of the damage track, a well-built two-story home was moved off its basement foundation. All basement walls were cracked, and water lines were broken. This is where the tornado reached its peak intensity of 125 mph. Dozens of trees were snapped or uprooted. Four vehicles were destroyed. One vehicle was rolled 50 feet. A few outbuildings were destroyed. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burna | $30,000 | A line of thunderstorms produced pockets of wind damage in northern Livingston County. In downtown Salem, windows were blown out of a business. Large trees were uprooted and power lines were down in and near Salem. A large tree was down at Burna. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burna | $8,000 | A thunderstorm downburst with estimated peak winds of 80 MPH struck the small community of Burna. The damage area, measuring about 1/2 mile long and 1/4 mile wide, was on the north side of Burna and U.S. Highway 60. About a dozen large trees were uprooted or broken, and mainly minor damage occurred to at least 5 homes and businesses. A small building, about 15 by 40 feet, was moved off its foundation. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Burna | - | Water was reported over roads in the Burna area. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burna | - | Two trees about a foot in diameter were blown down along U.S. Highway 60. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Burna | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Burna | - | no account filed |
| January 2002 | Hail | Burna | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Burna | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mullikin Junction | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Hampton | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Lemen Landing | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Miller Landing | 4.4 miles | 21 | |
| Vicksburg | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Birdsville | 4.9 miles | 21 | |
| Moxley Landing | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Mitchell Landing | 5.7 miles | 19 |
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 Burna | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4999575 | 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 488441. 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.











